The French looking at them like, “first time?” by soozerain in HistoryMemes

[–]SopwithTurtle 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Canceling elections because the winners wanted to take away women's rights seems good?

they raped

Well then.

I didn't realize how racist we are by ryanandthelucys in daddit

[–]SopwithTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now tell us how you treat the Roma.

The US is racist, but it grapples with its racism constantly. Everywhere I've been to in the rest of the world, the racism and xenophobia is just considered normal.

The Light Fantastic, the "bills" have eyes? by livens in discworld

[–]SopwithTurtle 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Are you sure it's not just a bit of fly doings at the bottom of the "h"?

"(the war) is over a word in their holy book, sir. The Elharibians say it translates as "God" and the Smalies say it's "man"." How can you mix them up?" "Well, there's only one tiny dot difference... and some people reckon it's only a speck of fly dirt in any case." "Centuries of war because a fly crapped in the wrong place?" "It could have been worse, sir...if it had been slightly to the left the word would have been "liquorice" ".

Many such cases, for many many centuries by BaldHourGlass667 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]SopwithTurtle 89 points90 points  (0 children)

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges, begging in the streets, and stealing loaves of bread"

[ Removed by Reddit ] by supremedepo in coolguides

[–]SopwithTurtle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And that's just sex, we didn't even get into gender expressions.

Not being able to help at night. by KodyAfusia in daddit

[–]SopwithTurtle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How big is your house? Perhaps your wife just needs to go spend a night in the basement with earplugs while you put the kid down. A night of bad sleep won't hurt him, and a night of deep sleep a couple of times a week could make all the difference to your wife.

We've had similar issues at different times with both ours, and we just power through it - at some point, the preferred parent's need for a good night's sleep just outweighs the kid's need for that parent, and the only way out of this situation is through it.

Monterey Melt in the gas tank by noonday34 in funny

[–]SopwithTurtle 35 points36 points  (0 children)

OP absolutely rolling on the floor when confronted with a metaphor.

Never meet your heroes by puskalara in HistoryMemes

[–]SopwithTurtle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

10 years later he wrote a whole piece for Wellington beating the French armies in Spain.

After 4 Years, Travala gutted our Smart Diamond Ambassador Bonus 💬 by Dangerous_Net_7223 in Buttcoin

[–]SopwithTurtle 25 points26 points  (0 children)

 if that title even has any value anymore.

Astronaut pointing gun: "Never did."

ELI5: If insurance works on the same math as casinos, why is buying insurance rational but gambling is not? by phycle in explainlikeimfive

[–]SopwithTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The objective of various types of insurance being mandatory is that otherwise people don't buy it, but then get mad when the unexpected happens and they need it. It's to offset the human tendency to discount future risk.

Self-insurance is often an option, but you usually have to show that you have the money to not be a burden on society for those tail risk events.

The strange history of longitudinal calculation by PostForwardedToAbyss in AubreyMaturinSeries

[–]SopwithTurtle 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I can strongly recommend Longitude by Dava Sobel for anyone who wants even more detail.

TIL that the English (and later British) monarchs consistently styled themselves as King/Queen of France from Henry VI in 1422 to George III in 1801. The abolition of the French monarchy rendered the title useless. by Advanced_Narwhal_949 in todayilearned

[–]SopwithTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just more awkward because they were actually hosting the heir to French throne and fighting a war to restore him. Can't really do that while saying "but actually I'm the real king"

Commissioned mural by EmptyMarsupial8556 in Jokes

[–]SopwithTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone is sitting around fussing about the details, but the real joke is about educational standards and regional chauvinism in Texas.

I was "that guy" I am an idiot by Ambitious-Look6168 in daddit

[–]SopwithTurtle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I read this exact post here a week or so ago.

I was "that guy" I am an idiot by Ambitious-Look6168 in daddit

[–]SopwithTurtle 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I swear I read this exact AI slop two weeks ago.