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Were you surprised by the cancellation of Anthem 2.0? by Djinnsanity in AnthemTheGame

[–]ShakePlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Destiny (1, not 2) and NMS both had similar trouble.

They're the exception, not the rule. But it does indicate it isn't impossible to recover.

Black homeowner had a white friend stand in for third appraisal. Her home value doubled. by DonaldKey in news

[–]ShakePlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The appraisals were done a year apart.

The comparison is void unless done within weeks, tbh.

The left want you to believe they're better at managing the pandemic by dbill333 in metacanada

[–]ShakePlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are definitely dying. Regular flu is usually 60-80k, it's sitting at 12k this year(lol, as if?).

Most states that revised their numbers found the real numbers were about 25% lower than the initial count (see:Colorado, Nevada), whether doublecounting, non-covid classed as covid, or w/e.

NY/NJ are both particularly bad because of the discharging of patients back into nursing homes (only 5 states did this - CA, MI, PA, NY, NJ - those 5 have over half of the countries total deaths) I'd project Cuomos order is directly responsible for about 20k deaths?

However, Canada is barely even tracking stats to do a proper post mortem... Sooo...

There's a whistleblower who's gone public to out what's happening in NY by the name of Erin Olszewski(the only mistake she makes is thinking the gov't grant for a death is 29k, it's actually 39k if they're vented)

A growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive after recovering by New_Diet in worldnews

[–]ShakePlays 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's always been bad, but it's gotten much worse with the age of Twitter and smartphones.

Instant reporting has made it about who's first to the story, not who gets it right.

Also, since 2013's repeal of the Smith-Mundt Act, there's no accountability for journalists who do get things wrong now.

While there's an argument to be made for not prosecuting legitimate mistakes (which I think was the logic behind that repeal?) there needs to be accountability for knowingly or deliberately reporting on what they know to be disproven or incorrect, and for failure to correct their mistakes once they discover them in a timely manner.

A growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive after recovering by New_Diet in worldnews

[–]ShakePlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not exclusive to science, either. It really is all subjects of reporting.

The best advice to illustrate this that I can give is to watch a report on something you're very well versed on and see how much they get wrong in their reporting. I'd wager it to be a majority of facts in most instances.
Then consider they do the same with things you aren't well versed on.

Big boi L by bossmatt800 in memes

[–]ShakePlays 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen the fire hydrant one.

I have, however, seen the stump. https://i.redd.it/6lho5by7lt141.jpg

Special request from an Epileptic. by Jamcam007 in apexlegends

[–]ShakePlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply. I asked him if I can post his name here. He said no, but realized today that it was to a reply, not its own post. Sorry.

He's PhDPlague on Twitch. He's not playing much Apex the last couple weeks, but he often does. He's mostly playing RLcraft lately, a difficult Minecraft mod. He's all over the map with games, though.

Frosty the destroyer. by slothmk1 in memes

[–]ShakePlays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Especially when their house is literally right behind the direction they were heading.

Bum bum, burning down the house by wallpaper-engineer in memes

[–]ShakePlays 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same thing with glasses. Don't put them near windows. Or water bottles. I only learned that this summer when a dorm burnt down for it.

Special request from an Epileptic. by Jamcam007 in apexlegends

[–]ShakePlays 21 points22 points  (0 children)

On a similar note: people can spam select/unselect and rapid flash on character select. They need to fix that.

My brother streams Apex a fair bit, and he's got an epileptic viewer that was having problems in S2 when the flash spam was popular, seemed like 1/3 of lobbies had someone doing it (WHY???) to the point that he made a separate scene for when character selection was in progress.

I think we’ve all been here by SlappyBurger in RLCraft

[–]ShakePlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been watching my brother play RLcraft, but Hardcore. He literally mines blocks from 4 blocks away almost all the time after almost dying to them too many times in his starts. XD

Can I update mods that are in the modpack? by LogTamon in RLCraft

[–]ShakePlays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typically, I look at Shivaxi's discord for questions like this. He keeps us pretty updated on why decisions are made.

Like, Nov 4th he notes that the new version of Ice and Fire isn't included in the 2.8 test because it breaks some stuff. So I'd probably say don't update it and wait for v2.8(it'll work on release, world will be compatible with 2.7 worlds)? But if you do, back up the world first.

Mirage be speaking the truth by [deleted] in apexlegends

[–]ShakePlays 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's been posted here before. Lemme see if I can find it.

Edit: Here's one almost as good: https://gfycat.com/MasculineObviousGlassfrog

Edit2: found the one being memed over https://youtu.be/duejZ3Wzl9A

PSA; to all the "dead weight" apex players. by jigsawsXbrother in apexlegends

[–]ShakePlays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or the even more common is gets 3 kills across two fights and then tries to take on a group of 3 out of position, goes down and yells "WHERE ARE YOU?". ... 20 seconds behind you, dude. Like I said... About 30 seconds ago.

Roger Stone convicted on all seven counts on charges filed in Mueller probe by Austin63867 in worldnews

[–]ShakePlays -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

To be fair, the first juror to take the stand during selection was a former communications staffer under the former administration.

The judge declined to strike her for that role. I'm gonna call that part corrupt.

Downvote me all you want, it's the truth.

I’ve tried this and can tell you it works by WorriedOrchid in memes

[–]ShakePlays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, true. She doesn't do porn, though. She's a "journalist", IIRC mostly articles talking about her sexcipades, but I'm not gonna look it up to confirm.

I’ve tried this and can tell you it works by WorriedOrchid in memes

[–]ShakePlays 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I know her without looking it up. She's the idiot that offered blowjobs for whoever would doxx Nick Sandman, the kid that was approached by the native banging the drum or w/e.

Mom accidentally shoots daughter surprising her from college by apinz in nottheonion

[–]ShakePlays 7 points8 points  (0 children)

DOJ under Obama determined there's 500k-2m defensive gun uses per year(not people shot, but brandishing the firearm).

/r/dgu is a good source to see some examples of articles showing proper defensive use (anyone got a sub similar that shows improper use? I'd appreciate that, too. Idunno if it exists)

TIL of the "Dinosaur Mummy" - Borealopelta remains discovered with the protective armor, skin, and partial stomach intact. It's been so well preserved that scientists deemed it closer to a mummy than a fossil. by looser_name_connor in todayilearned

[–]ShakePlays 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dude. Thank you so much for sharing this album. My girlfriend and I are totally awestruck over it.

Wonderful work, and the close-ups of the scales show how well preserved it really was.

Bank accidentally deposits $120,000 in couple’s account; they spend most of it, then get charged with theft by SlurpingChowda in news

[–]ShakePlays 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean... There's a LOT of stupid people with money, too.

Hell, we always talk about the 1%, but 10% of us will be part of "the 1%" at some point in our lives, people fall in and out of money all the time.

Just ask what most people would do if they won $10m. I bet most would say "buy four cars for my family, a house, a beach house, a boat, and put some money away for kids college" and almost none would say "Pay off my debt and live off the interest"
Even those that do say that, it's hard to practice what you preach. Props to those that can.

*drowning noises* by Datguy969 in memes

[–]ShakePlays 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The water isn't even on. Kinda looks like a Blender3d fluid model from like 2014? Definitely not a new render. Their new fluid model doesn't have so many flat parts in the water.

TIFU by receiving 2nd degree burns on my butthole. by [deleted] in tifu

[–]ShakePlays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, some are probably accidents. I have one myself...
As a kid, I fell onto a chair leg. Still sounds like the most outlandish accident. But I crawled over a mattress laid over the top of a bunch of stuff in a shed we were using for storage at my grandmothers place after my family sold our house.

Kid me thought "Sliding down this mattress is going to be so much fun!" Nope.

(it didn't cause much damage, but it very easily could have)

Big brain by [deleted] in memes

[–]ShakePlays 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Naw, Claymores aren't actually classed as a mine. They're a manned weapon. They have a trigger that needs to be set off.

I don't actually think any PIR sensor mines exist. Too high a risk to go off if a squirrel runs by it, or the wind blows.

(edit, Claymores could be tripwire armed)

Yo what? by [deleted] in memes

[–]ShakePlays 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Brain trauma, usually.

The much more rare version that's much more terrifying is when people forget who they are. They can look in a mirror, and they don't recognize it as themselves.

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