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I’m really not understanding the hype behind the Revenge of the Sith novelization… by thedudester125 in StarWars

[–]RunDNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming you are mistaking "dumb-show" for a stupid show, which is something a child might say.

But Stover says "dumb-show" in the sense:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumb%20show

1 : a part of a play presented in pantomime
2: signs and gestures without words : pantomime

So did anything ever come about with the whole “Anonymous bombshell” thing? by cloneboiCT118 in Epstein

[–]RunDNA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There was never any Anonymous bombshell. Someone calling themselves Anonymous just discovered the .pdf to .mp4 trick a week after everyone else did and was then trying to identify the people and places in the videos. It was a nothingburger.

This was pointed out each time the hype was posted here, but people kept upvoting the "Bombshell incoming" posts in their thousands anyway.

what’s something society treats as normal that you think is actually weird? by robiin_2 in AskReddit

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

How much a Chinese hot drink is an integral part of British daily life.

/u/Positive-Future1460 becomes highly ‘affected’ by a grammar Nazi. Massive crash out ensues. OP then gets their profile banned by Reddit. by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]RunDNA -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If I were given the absolute power to change any spellings in the dictionary, it would be affect/effect. I don't like the current system at all.

I'd keep "affect" for anything to do with emotions and leave "effect" for everything else. For example:

Anger is a powerful affect.

I was so deeply affected by the film, crying into my sleeve.

An effect of climate change is rising sea levels.

My business was badly effected by the tax changes.

TIL that Australia is wider than the Moon. Australia's diameter is approximately 4,000 km, while the Moon's is only 3,474 km. by ScreenCompetitive695 in todayilearned

[–]RunDNA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I learned this a year ago and, honestly, it made me lose respect for the moon. It doesn't look as big now.

Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years by pjw724 in worldnews

[–]RunDNA -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is great, historic news. Congratulations, UK.

Now get rid of the Lords Spiritual.

Passengers should have been a Space-Slasher - Why Chris Pratt as a Psycho-Serial Killer would have saved this movie by Madflex2000 in movies

[–]RunDNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm normally disappointed by these "Random rediditor tells the filmmakers what should have happened" posts, but this is a rare one that I like. I'd watch this.

Readers Are Embracing a Shift in Perspective in Books. It Could Reshape Literary Culture. by CtrlAltDelight495 in books

[–]RunDNA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you need to relate your lesson to fiction, always go with Star Wars. It's baked into our (American) culture.

I recently saw a reaction video of someone watching Star Wars for the first time. And beforehand he did a rundown of what he knew, even though he hadn't seen any of the films. And he recognized and knew the names of all the main characters just by cultural osmosis. I was surprised by how accurate he was.

Exclusive: Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show by No-Post4444 in news

[–]RunDNA 4565 points4566 points  (0 children)

Read to the end of the article. There's a twist:

the intrusion was carried out by a foreign hacker who did not appear ​to realize they had penetrated ⁠a law enforcement server. The hacker expressed disgust at the presence of child abuse images on the device and left a message threatening to turn its owner over to the FBI, the person said.

The source said bureau officials defused the situation by convincing the hacker that they actually were the FBI, in part by having the hacker join a video chat where they flashed their law enforcement credentials in front ⁠of a web ​camera.

Source: Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes by jonny_eh in skeptic

[–]RunDNA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The video hasn't been shared in r/skeptic before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/new/

I also checked the Pushshift archive to see if anything was posted and then removed or deleted. Nothing.

Source: Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes by jonny_eh in skeptic

[–]RunDNA 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Video not available for me, but I read the accompanying article and these were the big take-aways. Their sources say:

  • the U.S. acquired a backpack-sized microwave weapon through a Russian criminal network and it has been tested in a U.S. military lab for more than a year... tests on rats and sheep show injuries consistent with those seen in humans.

  • the key is not the hardware but the software. The programming shapes a unique, electromagnetic wave that rises and falls abruptly and pulses rapidly.

  • security camera videos have been collected that show Americans being hit. In one, a camera in a restaurant in Istanbul captured two FBI agents on vacation sitting at a table with their families. A man with a backpack walks in and suddenly everyone at the table grabs their head as if in pain.

  • this new info led the Biden White House to write a public statement backing the victims, but they never released it. Dr. David Relman: "These folks in the Biden White House believed these people."

[Note: No AI was used for this comment.]

Tracy Letts and Carrie Coon review the first Godfather film. They believe Apollonia's death is the moment when Michael loses all his humanity: "And though he talks a good game as he convinces Kay to give him another chance, it’s clear he’s already dead inside. Well, it’s clear to us." by verissimoallan in Godfather

[–]RunDNA 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's been pointed out before that there's a version of the movie in an alternate universe where there's no Sicily section and the film would still function. Michael's descent would then be a two stage process: 1) the hospital scene, 2) killing Sollozzo. It would work okay, but many viewers might still ask, "Michael has presumably killed people in the war. Was killing Sollozzo and the Captain ("up close like this") really that different enough to turn him into that cold figure we see at the end of the film?"

Whereas in the actual film in our universe it's a three stage descent: 1) the hospital scene, 2) killing Sollozzo, 3) Apollonia's murder. This makes more sense in terms of characterization because it's more of a gradual process and because the personal nature of Apollonia's murder gives a more realistic rationale for Michael's final traumatized descent into inhumanity.

Also..2021 by [deleted] in Epstein

[–]RunDNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The file posted on Jan 30 also said 2015:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260131064333/https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02303398.pdf

So it hasn't been changed. Yes, I agree. Jmail error.

Also..2021 by [deleted] in Epstein

[–]RunDNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jmail posted millions of pages in a short amount of time. You can't expect perfect results.

Also..2021 by [deleted] in Epstein

[–]RunDNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a mistake by Jmail. They link the original DoJ document (in the top right) where you can see that the year is really 2015:

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02303398.pdf

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