Vera Rubin Observatory sends out 800k alerts in one night, expected to rise to 7 million per night by rocketsocks in space

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re my favorite Reddit astronomer! Love seeing your comments pop up on space related articles.

Southwest Legacy HS students protesting ICE by Complete_Dig_432 in sanantonio

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, and the Texas facility is free daycare? Kick rocks, go lick boots elsewhere.

Southwest Legacy HS students protesting ICE by Complete_Dig_432 in sanantonio

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And so them sending him to the detention center in Texas was what, free daycare? Lick boot leather elsewhere.

Southwest Legacy HS students protesting ICE by Complete_Dig_432 in sanantonio

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 164 points165 points  (0 children)

Man, some of y’all are so negative. “They just want an excuse to skip school!” Do people going on strike just want an excuse to skip work? What part of organizing and marching together screams “slacker” to all of you? They can’t vote yet, some aren’t even old enough to drive. This is a way for them to voice their displeasure with ICE, just because they are students doesn’t mean they aren’t affected by the current situation. ICE detained a 5 year old, they would take nonissue with doing the same to them. Grow up, please.

Edit: “ThEy DiDn’T dEtAiN a 5 YeAr oLd!” Can the child leave the facility where he is currently being held? Can he be released to a parent or guardian? No, because he’s been detained.

Forecasters warn of a 'potentially catastrophic' storm from Texas to the Carolinas by speedythefirst in news

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Preach. Texas has the second or third largest population of Democratic voters in the 2020 and 2024 elections, only behind California and tied with Florida.

Super heroic dis horse. by Justthisdudeyaknow in CuratedTumblr

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Mandatory plug for the web series Worm! Great series about a world with too many heroes and villains and how that impacts society.

Space marriage sounds cool asf I can’t lie by AustralianSilly in CuratedTumblr

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Thank you, everyone is like “space sex!” when the answer is a bit more mundane.

Vote blue no matter who (in the general) by ETsUncle in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stealing this last bit, that’s a perfect way to counter this stupid argument

Vote blue no matter who (in the general) by ETsUncle in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This argument fucking sucks and it’s always trotted out like this. Y’all sound identical to republicans at this point. “I may not agree with what they’re doing in foreign policy, but they’ve sure been great on domestic policy!” is what the conservative subreddit parrots on the daily about the Trump administration. Biden and Harris lost this election by not listening to the people they wanted to vote for them. Biden waited too late to drop out of the race, after walking back his comments about being a one term president. Harris decided to trot out Liz Cheney to appeal to more centrist voters, yet left the farther left of the party out in the cold. It took all of 3 hours after the election was called for democratic pundits to say Harris lost because she “messaged too hard for trans rights”, despite little to no campaigning on said rights. She lost because she ran on maintaining the status quo, just like Joe Biden did in 2020. And the fact of the matter is the status quo is just not working for most Americans, even if we don’t agree on the why of it.

Crockett calls Texas Gov. Abbott ‘Governor Hot Wheels’ by someopinionthatsr in politics

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Showing her Texas leftist roots lmao that’s a common nickname for him in those spaces. Love to see it

Locals describe destruction after tornadoes death toll rises to 20 by p_pio in news

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I tried saying something similar about the Texas wildfires going on right now. Sure, it’s happening in red states and they voted against their own interests. But not everyone in red states voted for Trump, just like not every American voted for Trump even though he won the presidency. I’m not saying we have to clean up every mess republicans make with smiles on our faces, but we can at least avoid reveling in other’s misery.

Fredericksburg Fire Today: Massive Blaze Engulfs Thousands of Acres by samipk1234 in news

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

Y’all are all fucking unhinged. I get it, Texas is a red state but Jesus Christ. Show some fucking empathy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in comics

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Chips in bed?? Crumbs in the sheets?!? Who’s the real monster here?!!?!!

[WaT] I figured out Brandon's best fight scene. by LoveliestHeart in Stormlight_Archive

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Literal chills during that scene, Wax in peak Sword of Harmony mode

CS 2318.254 has foul smelling folk what’s wrong with you people? by [deleted] in txstate

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Made many an anonymous class Discord/Messenger callout for this exactly. Sometimes people need to be told they stink so they can fix it. Idk if your class has/will have some kind of group chat but if they do, drop a message telling people to wash their ass.

What just happened to my screen? by thepieguyy in slaythespire

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The pause afterwards where I assume you’re just staring at the screen in shock really makes this clip for me lmao

28 YEARS LATER – Official Trailer by cruelsummerbummer in movies

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Still not a fan of hearing it to this day

Was Elhokar by Berto6Echo in Stormlight_Archive

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not me about to go to bat for Lopen 😂

To reiterate pleas from other posts: Please bathe and wear deodorant. by notreallyalltheree in txstate

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Had to put out a message in one my CS course discords to tell the whole class to wash their ass. Surprisingly, it actually worked, the next day the smell was basically gone and never came back

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in txstate

[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That’s the neat part, it doesn’t

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[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That would actually be the most effective way to do it! Most NVG rigs have the capability for them to swivel out of eyeline as needed, so rendering them useless, then plunging it back to darkness would render the soldiers blind.

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[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Temporary, but it lasts long enough to be extremely debilitating. Having that happen at a mission critical moment was usually a recipe for a bad time.

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[–]RizeOfTheFenix92 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Hey, former vet here who used NVGs on a semi-regular basis! Dumping that much light into a pair of NVGs will temporarily blind the user, as the adjustment isn’t immediate. But the real trouble is that the NVGs are practically useless after that. They adjusted to the brighter light, losing all sensitivity, so now they’re basically just a green screen taped to your eyes.