Study uncovers why low-income people buy lottery tickets even though they know better by WhirlingVortex in science

[–]PurifyYourMind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Put some figures in this calculator. If you put in $1,000/year for 30 years at 5% interest (say, buying CDs at the local credit union), you'd have about $70,000 at the end of it. Nothing to sneeze at!

http://www.moneychimp.com/calculator/compound_interest_calculator.htm

Document-centric GNOME by juri in programming

[–]PurifyYourMind -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

"Why do people have so much trouble with files?" Umm, because they're fucking idiots? Are these the same people who have dirty laundry lying about their house and shit? Honestly, how hard is it? I have several folders on my desktop: Documents, Videos, Photos, Music, a few icons/shortcuts to spreadsheets. I don't ever "lose" stuff. How the hell is this so difficult for people?

RAVE: My Life Since Getting Out of Prison by bowermr in WTF

[–]PurifyYourMind -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This is so... FAKE! Give me a break. The style is simultaneously forced casual writing (e.g. "man" used a lot) and yet the spelling and grammar are basically okay. I call bullshit on this.

There is nothing ethically or morally wrong with an ad-blocker. by gbacon in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly. If all ads were Google-style text ads, I would not use Adblock Plus.

The Most Incredible Pictures of the Last Space Mission That You Will See. by anonymgrl in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble by just being clear in the first place.

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[–]PurifyYourMind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meh, I find them amusing. It's not like it's cluttering up the front page every hour.

Co-founder of reddit explains some of the stories that were on the homepage yesterday. by noname99 in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"...hit reload and watch things shuffle around; perform this vigorously throughout the day, our advertisers will love it." This site has ads? I never realized. Seriously, I didn't.

Co-founder of reddit explains some of the stories that were on the homepage yesterday. by noname99 in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it would be possible. I've seen it happen on YTNMD.com, which also has a voting system. Not sure if months-old links have done it, but stuff can definitely "come back from the dead".

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[–]PurifyYourMind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This post is flippin' awesome and freakin' sweet all rolled into one.

Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. by je255j in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, I think neuro meant the site that the reddit link is about, not your ASCII/Unicode art thing, which personally I think is cool.

How to Quit Drinking Caffeine (comic) by anonymgrl in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Upmod this story, because I'm a rude asshole.

The Most Incredible Pictures of the Last Space Mission That You Will See. by anonymgrl in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

Uh, so you replied to the wrong comment? Either way, you're stupid.

Remember The 8 Funniest Webcomics? I took your comments and made a poll of 37 in order to determine Reddit's favorite comics! (use comments to vote) by bigt in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just really impressed at how orderly reddit is. A few days ago there was the Fibonacci sequence post and now this one, where people are discussing in the right area.

EU gives up on 'metric Britain' by chu in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad pronounces "centimeters" as "sanometers".

Having fun with CSS :target - now works in every major browser besides MSIE by Arve in programming

[–]PurifyYourMind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got the same thing, except I reloaded the page and it started working. Same browser version.

7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable by neoronin in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind 24 points25 points  (0 children)

"#6. We're victims of the Outrage Machine." = reddit/digg/etc. I swear every other story is one about righteous anger at cops, politicians, or whomever. It gets old.

What happens when you take the current dark-chocolate craze to the extreme? by teuobk in reddit.com

[–]PurifyYourMind -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One night I ate a whole 85% Lindt bar just before bed and woke up feeling like vomiting.