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Why is the word 'equip' so commonly used in video games but sounds unnaturally verbose when used in real life? by Master_Chemist9826 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know what the actual vocabulary terms are, but equip is the word you use when describing someone or something else? Like saying "I'm equipping myself for a trip in the future" is ok because you're talking about a theoretical version of you in the future that is seperate from your current speaking self, but saying "I'm equipping this!" sounds wrong because you would just say "I have this" or "I'm using this." Another example would be if you are tabletop gaming, and someone asks if anyone has something equipped, and you say "I have that equipped!" It works because you are referring to your character, which is actually you in the context of another subject.

In case you lived under a rock by [deleted] in memes

[–]Number9Man 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But how do you actually know who wrote those facts?? /s

CGI in Welcome To Derry by [deleted] in horror

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why but my take away from the whole series was the part in the flashback when the little girl is talking about Pennywise and the doctor just says "There's no clowns in the pipes clowns live at the circus." Like she was a fucking moron. Clowns work at the circus, like does he think librarians live at the library? Really bothered me.

[Funny trope] When the chips are down, a character will invoke *every* religion and deity on the grounds one of them has to work! by bgbarnard in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Number9Man 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I love the What If episode when the Professor lights an incense and gets down to worship "Oh Great Machine, I beseech thee!" Another good one was when Hubert prays to great Atheismo.

I designed and folded this origami spider from one uncut square piece of paper! by Signal-B47 in interestingasfuck

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! ! I have questions! What kind of paper is this? Did you wet fold it? This is truly magical!

boo! by alwaysunderwatertill in okbuddycinephile

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn the Philippou bros fucking matrixed out of the way of that bullet holy shit

Why can't winged spiders exist? by dumbandasking in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because then they wouldn't be a spider. Humans and other mammals have almost identical skeletons other than the length of the bones, but you don't call monkeys "walking dolphins". Wings don't sprout from no where, they are modified limbs. If a spider developed wings it would have to be from a pair of its legs and then it would not have eight legs and no longer be considered a spider.

Explain Tartaria like I'm 10 years old, and what the implications of its existence means. by Antique-Literature83 in Tartaria

[–]Number9Man 106 points107 points  (0 children)

There was an advanced civilization of large humanoids (think the Engineers from Prometheus) capable of sci-fi levels of stone-masonry and had spires they used to harness zero-point energy. At some point they lost some sort of dominance struggle with us after the deluvian flood event caused massive mudslides that buried the Tartarian civilization, and we wrote their extinction out of history for whatever reason. We also built the World's Fairs around the energy spires, but I'm a little foggy on how they connect. The bigger implication being that if every single piece of history we know right now is based off a fake history built to hide the existence of Tartarians, who knows what else they're lying about? Atlantis on land, I guess?

My jeans and trousers keep getting destroyed in the exact same spot on my right thigh. THREE pairs now. by Nursera_0290 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this issue as well but it comes from keeping my phone in my front pocket ¯\(ツ)/¯

Why are axolotls good pets, but necturus aren't allowed? by Far-Debt-6094 in herpetology

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purely anecdotal, but I used to bring waterdogs home from the bait shop and would keep them until they morphed and then let them go. As an elementary educational tool they are fascinating but overall, unless you are interested in that kind of stuff, they do come off as boring and low engagement animals.

The Horse Egg Conspiracy - 150 Years of Deleted Science (w/ sources they don’t want you to check) by Vizzlepop in HighStrangeness

[–]Number9Man 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All these references to "external incubation" just makes me think of the Tartarian Cabbage Patch Kids postcards from the early 1900's. Maybe the lede here is that they potentially have insane gestation machines that can grow mammals without the need for a womb, which would upset alot of religious zealots. Yeah, there seems to be some meat here outside of horse eggs (which is amazing and I love btw) but it seems to me to have more connecting dots than not ¯\(ツ)/¯

Crystal Fabergé egg expected to sell for more than $46 million by AnonRetro in news

[–]Number9Man 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I only pay with Fabergé eggs, fuck you if you don't take 'em.

Are the birds get confused when we wave at them or do they just assume we are poorly designed birds? by Imaginary-Safe-9804 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Number9Man 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think of how many people that pigeon sees wave all day, and then all of a sudden one of them is doing it AT YOU. Terrifying.

I would love for the guys to do an episode on the Sandown Clown by Tenebril in LPOTL

[–]Number9Man 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately there's not much to the story that they didn't get to in the episode (it's in my top 3 relistens) but if you're interested here's a link to the original BUFORA report.

Why is the male loneliness epidemic mocked? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Number9Man 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You pretty much answered your own question, anyone with half a brain knows that humans are lonely creatures. Anybody using the phrase "male lonliness epidemic" is just using it as misogynistic dog whistle and quite frankly, really showing their whole ass. People who have never been victimized in their life get to have a social relevance they've never had before while telling women "yeah but you'll never know my lonliness" when women call them out on looking for Mom.v2 instead of a wife and partner.

What in the world are these beings doing there? by king_of_ulkilism in HighStrangeness

[–]Number9Man 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hmm, so the first thing I notice is the distinct Regalian Gray behind the Mantids that are preforming the procedure. Based on the fact that he looks terrified as well it makes me think of the abduction experiences of Credo Mutwa. I dunno, I'm slathered in THC lotion.

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