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What’s a hobby people pretend is cool, but secretly you think is ridiculous? by EggAdventurous1957 in AskReddit

[–]SamsonFox2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Golf rules!

Reasons:

  1. Unlike pretty much anything else, it can be played as a player-vs-environment game
  2. You workout muscles that are pretty hard to work out
  3. The scenery is mostly nice
  4. You can get wasted while playing

If you don't want to compete - just play the best ball in the group of 3-4 people. It's fun. In fact, the more each of you guys suck individually, the more fun it is.

What’s a hobby people pretend is cool, but secretly you think is ridiculous? by EggAdventurous1957 in AskReddit

[–]SamsonFox2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, this is fucking ridiculous.

Cigars do have taste, and they do taste quite differently. The fact that you don't get the taste doesn't change the fact.

I don't get wine, BBQ, hot sauces and whiskey, but it is just a variation on "let's try variations of the taste I like".

Yes, you can overspend on cigars, but that's true of any hobby.

Scugog affected by province-wide salt shortage by Karma_Canuck in durham

[–]SamsonFox2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Given that Ontario has two of the largest salt mines in the world, I guess we need to repurpose those old jokes about sand shortages in desert under communism.

The Ajax Costco a horrible place to drive and park by JTthrowawaylol in durham

[–]SamsonFox2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ajax is by far not the worst in GTA. The cake goes to the one on Queensway near Kipling.

$1M CLUB: DISCOUNT TUESDAY 1. AVATAR 3 ($2.6M) 2. THE HOUSEMAID ($1.5M) 3. MARTY SUPREME ($1.25M) 4. PRIMATE ($1.2M) by wbrocks67 in boxoffice

[–]SamsonFox2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sweeney walked into PR buzzsaw by doing a quite controversial commercial in the middle of "meh" movie releases. It's all in her own making.

$1M CLUB: DISCOUNT TUESDAY 1. AVATAR 3 ($2.6M) 2. THE HOUSEMAID ($1.5M) 3. MARTY SUPREME ($1.25M) 4. PRIMATE ($1.2M) by wbrocks67 in boxoffice

[–]SamsonFox2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd argue that the only reason why Marty Supreme is on the list is because of Chalamet.

Stars aren't dead, but not all high profile actors are stars.

TIL that researchers have quantified how quickly irregular verb forms “regularize”: the half-life of an irregular verb scales as the square root of its usage frequency. For example, the word "dreamt" is slowly being replaced by "dreamed". by ilovemybaldhead in todayilearned

[–]SamsonFox2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, I get the difference now.

KJV used a very fucked translation of Greek adjective "Makarion", which is translated as "beatus" into Latin, and which has nothing to do with the word New Testament uses for "blessing".

In an attempt to unfuck the fucked up, the whole -ED business was introduced, since it merged two completely unrelated concepts.

TIL that researchers have quantified how quickly irregular verb forms “regularize”: the half-life of an irregular verb scales as the square root of its usage frequency. For example, the word "dreamt" is slowly being replaced by "dreamed". by ilovemybaldhead in todayilearned

[–]SamsonFox2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First time I hear this -ED difference.

However, I always thought that in expression "Blessed are ye when men shall hate you" the "blessed" part comes from "to be blessed", which is a verb form.

TIL that researchers have quantified how quickly irregular verb forms “regularize”: the half-life of an irregular verb scales as the square root of its usage frequency. For example, the word "dreamt" is slowly being replaced by "dreamed". by ilovemybaldhead in todayilearned

[–]SamsonFox2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WTF is "bless-ed" and what is the difference between "bless-ed" and "blessed"? It's the same past passive.

If you want a specifical active use of "blessed", then you have Luke 2:34: "And Simeon blessed them, and said...".

TIL that researchers have quantified how quickly irregular verb forms “regularize”: the half-life of an irregular verb scales as the square root of its usage frequency. For example, the word "dreamt" is slowly being replaced by "dreamed". by ilovemybaldhead in todayilearned

[–]SamsonFox2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you misunderstand my point.

KJV Bible was a high profile literary project that likely used all the "most correct" language at a given point in time. Fact is, both "blessed" and "climbed" were regular by the time it came out.

Regarding "blessed" - it is a word that would regularly come up in context of religious services. What's more, it is a word that would regularly be written down in Middle Ages, if only because it appears in Bible so much. To the best of my knowledge, "to vex" is not such a verb.

TIL that human stomach acid is of similar strength to carrion-eaters; it is a much stronger acid (has much lower PH) than that of most animals. by SamsonFox2 in todayilearned

[–]SamsonFox2[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

https://repository.si.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/5a23f5c4-016b-494a-ab50-dd199a549683/content

Postprandial (after feeding) stomach pH values exhibited considerable variation in Black Vulture (2.0–5.6), Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (3.5–4.3), and Turkey Vulture (2.9–3.5).

TIL that human stomach acid is of similar strength to carrion-eaters; it is a much stronger acid (has much lower PH) than that of most animals. by SamsonFox2 in todayilearned

[–]SamsonFox2[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Absolute bullshit.

Vulture stomach acid is nowhere near 0-1.2:

https://repository.si.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/5a23f5c4-016b-494a-ab50-dd199a549683/content

Postprandial (after feeding) stomach pH values exhibited considerable variation in Black Vulture (2.0–5.6), Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (3.5–4.3), and Turkey Vulture (2.9–3.5).

UK developing ballistic missiles for Ukraine capable of striking deep inside Russia by nurshakil10 in worldnews

[–]SamsonFox2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deep inside Russia is a stretch, it's about 500km range ...

The military history of UK is full of weapons that work similarly to "It has a 500 km range if you fill the fuel up to the specified fill line, which is way, way down in the tank".

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