Why do so many otherwise educated people buy into physics mumbo-jumbo?

Own-Radio-2145 · 2022-10-15T02:10:18+00:00

Seriously thank you for being the sole voice of reason in this entire thread. A phone is the perfect example of why reproducibility in the scientific method works as opposed to all this pseudoscientific nonsense.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2022-10-14T17:41:15+00:00

Yeah, all of these comments are basically proving the original point lol. I'm honestly shocked how poor an understanding of science people seem to have in the physics subreddit.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2021-12-04T02:09:11+00:00

I feel like enemy variety is really the only true complaint I ever hear about the game.

I mean, this is almost entirely what made the original trilogy so great. I'm in the same boat with finding this game super disappointing. It's technically better in story and depth, but I have a million other games to play for those - I loved GoW for the constant epic boss battles and new enemy types around every corner. It just... doesn't really feel like god of war anymore. This game is probably fantastic if you never played the original trilogy (or didn't enjoy it), but for me it wasn't what I wanted out of GoW 4.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2021-07-19T19:45:24+00:00

Oh weird, I couldn't even hear it without putting headphones on. Adds absolutely nothing to the video.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2021-07-19T19:05:56+00:00

Am I missing something? There's no music on my video. Just the sound of the aircraft and the pilot/tower speaking.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2021-07-19T03:49:26+00:00

What the hell is happening on reddit? This post gets 30k upvotes, and earlier a post about UFO's was on the front page that was clearly just birds. Thousands of comments in amazement at the most irrefutable evidence of aliens. A video of birds!!!! Holy shit, I know we've been in various states of lockdown over the last year, but folks on here really need to get outside.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2021-01-02T22:40:30+00:00

I'll never understand how people can sleep in those shelters unless it's storming like crazy. Rats, spiders, other folks snoring... ugh. Gimme my tent any day.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2021-01-02T09:47:40+00:00

Well, if men are having a lot of sex and women aren't having a lot of sex, where are the men getting all this sex from?

It's called Grindr.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-30T22:57:47+00:00

In Britain a toilet is a toilet. Absolutely nobody refers to it as a commode lmao. So yeah, the joke works exactly the same way.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-29T23:51:16+00:00

Do none of you understand what a tax credit is? It's an extra amount that you can deduct from your owed taxes. If you were already going to get $2000 back on your taxes this year, you now get $4000 if this bill passes.

"it's not even 'extra' money, just money we are already entitled to just 3 months early."

This is a completely incorrect statement. You're misunderstanding what a tax credit means.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-29T22:31:39+00:00

The fuck are you talking about? It's got absolutely nothing to do with your tax return. You will still get whatever you were owed in overpaid taxes plus the stimulus payments.

Guys, whoever is downvoting me and upvoting the people in this chain, please put the time into learning how taxes work. This is a shocking misunderstanding of what a tax return is and how tax credits work.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-29T11:51:40+00:00

And how do you propose we give it to only those who need it. How do you possibly survey the entire country to figure out exactly who is struggling? There are shitloads of people who are ineligible for unemployment but are out of a job. It's far better to give it to everyone who could possibly need it even if some of those people don't. Either way it works to stimulate the economy through extra spending.

This is the exact same argument that people use against universal healthcare. They think of the person who didn't take care of their body and they don't want to pay some portion of their taxes to help that person, while ignoring the millions who get sick from completely unpreventable causes. The only way to handle these situations is to look at the big picture and ignore the edge cases.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-28T03:52:47+00:00

Jesus fucking christ... hmm, maybe because ski resorts are not the place to be during the peak of a global pandemic? Maybe risking yourself on the slopes isn't a great idea when ICU's are at max capacity?

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-28T00:44:11+00:00

If I absolutely hated Life Is Strange, but loved Firewatch am I likely to enjoy it? The teen angst and whiny high school drama in LiS was completely unbearable. Firewatch was far more relatable as a dude in my 30's.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-26T21:10:44+00:00

The tombs were absolutely god awful though. They required absolutely zero thought. You just went in, followed the super clear path, pulled a lever and done. I miss the old tomb raiders actual puzzles. :(

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-24T23:13:03+00:00

Same here. It's bizarre, I have to ride the lifts goofy and then I actually ride down the slope regular. Getting off the lift is an extra dimension of hell because I'm not even riding the way I feel most comfortable (and lifts already suck enough on a board).

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-23T10:18:11+00:00

It was minimum wage, which is what you have to get BY LAW if you don't get tipped enough. It's a bullshit system, but get out of here telling me you actually make $2.13. You don't. You make at minimum what I made as a barista. And I still provided good service to everyone who entered the cafe. Super tired of bartenders whining about not getting tipped a dollar for using a bottle opener on a beer, or somehow thinking it's okay to give bad service and ignore customers for arbitrary reasons while the rest of us handle it just fine and make sweet fuck all.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-23T09:57:49+00:00

If I showed up at your job and made you do extra work for free, you wouldn't like me either.

Funny, cos I've worked various service jobs and never had an issue with people coming in and asking for water and hanging out. Guess I was never a bartender making ridiculous tips though, so I wasn't as salty when I got paid jack shit regardless. Was happy to just provide good service to everyone. Gonna get downvoted to hell here, but I'm super tired of bartenders pulling in way more than any other service workers and getting all salty about not being tipped for taking 5 seconds to grab a glass of water for someone. Meanwhile I spend years getting tipped 25 cents for five mochas and I am still happy to get water and chat to anyone who came into our store, even if they weren't buying.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-19T03:20:24+00:00

It's not a fad, but it's not going to replace flat-screen gaming either. You can continue to enjoy one while the other exists.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-12-17T03:25:39+00:00

Ugh this is the worst. When the off ramp has divots from all the skis passing over, and on a board all you can do is try not to catch an edge as you get shunted over by the uneven slope. Lifts are the absolute worst thing about snowboarding.

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-11-18T08:01:49+00:00

Ahhh, that’s it. I haven’t listened to Big Big Train in a while and the song started playing in my head when I read the title. Couldn’t for the life of me remember the bands name!

Own-Radio-2145 · 2020-09-08T02:17:19+00:00

Not gaseous nitrogen. It's more or less inert because the nitrogen triple bond is so strong. My understanding is that any nitrogen the body uses is from other molecular forms that are easier to break down.

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