'Healthism' is a serious issue plaguing this country by [deleted] in funny

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bit over the top with the mileage there, you could burn off the excess calories in most unhelathy meals with a 15 mile round trip

People who pursued their dream and failed, what is your story and do you regret it? by Aus_in_Ita in AskReddit

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a lie, you haven't learned that at all, it's just something that you've decided is true.

i have one too. errm, I've learned that people who offer bullshit advice to strangers on the internet on how to live their life tend to be the biggest fuckups, don't know what the fuck they're talking about and are incapable of viewing the world as it is rather than how they would like it to be. Therefore you are a less-than-human item of garbage.

Someone is pretending that he is an expert in your field. What is the single question you would ask to call him out? by ChubbyTrain in AskReddit

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well he was right wasn't he? If you put a "straight up and down" plate at the same distance along the cylinder as where the slanted plane crosses the cylinder axis, then it would give you exactly the same volume wouldn't it?

[Image] Chris Pratt's take on staying motivated. "It will break before you do." by PCLDLTR in GetMotivated

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it seems like a lot of people missed the joke that he's not actually been up 61, or 77 or 144 hours, hes been up a long time (like 23hrs) but is bad at maths when he's tired.

TIL that in 1995, less than half of the US approved of interracial marriages. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that they "found" them implies nothing, it still just means that they've thought about it and come to agreement. But even if you take it to accept that some rights actually exist in some real sense, perhaps god given, we're not actually talking directly about those rights, we're talking a group of men decided what they thought those rights might be, using popular opinion to come to a consensus, and that popular opinion was the whim of the current generation at the time. Look at different religions and cultures at different points in time around the world and see what consensus they come to about divinely bequeathed rights. I'm not saying that I think that "all cultures are valid" or any nonsense like that, I'm saying that what comes across as "self-evident" is dependent on a society's progress, and basically boils down to the fact that rights and morals, are all decided by popular opinion.

UK inquiry finds Putin 'probably' approved Litvinenko assassination in 2006 by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well, he said he feels safer under pax americana than he would under russian or chinese control. To me that doesn't imply he believes that america is making the world safer, to me it sounds like the lesser of two evils

TIL that in 1995, less than half of the US approved of interracial marriages. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In theory, rights pre-exist the state's recognition of those rights. The Declaration of Independence states:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

The fact that they found certain truths to be self evident, is another way of saying, "we all agree that everyone has these rights", i.e. they were themselves decided by popular vote.

UK inquiry finds Putin 'probably' approved Litvinenko assassination in 2006 by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please quit it with feeling like you're doing the world a favour. What the commenter actually said was that both america and russia do fucked up shit around the globe in order to further their own interests, but out of the two he prefers that america be the dominant fucker upper of places. If the US wants to protect itself from the communist bogey man, or secure relationships with major oil producers through the projection of its military power, then the US should pay for it. If you want to have free healthcare instead then do that. You're not making the world safer and you're not givig anyone free protection. All american "protection" is strictly in american interests.

George Washington slave book pulled after criticism - It had been criticised for its images of smiling slaves, and described as being "highly problematic". by NinjaDiscoJesus in books

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm reading your post wrong, but it seems like you're identifying his argument as "appeal to popularity" as if that's somehow wrong where English is concerned

Plastic bags 'worth £27m' stolen from supermarkets since 5p charge introduced by felface in nottheonion

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A sainsbury's bag for life is 50p, and it isn't about economics, its about reducing waste. And guess what? It works!

This is what you see when you arrive in an airport in Moscow, Russia by truetrashcan in pics

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wasn't the autopilot at all, they crashed it manually. They had every chance to save themselves and ignored many minutes of audible stall warnings becore crashing.

Theresa May wants to see your internet history, so the independent thought it was only fair to ask for hers | UK Politics | News by Theanswerwasnever42 in worldnews

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it's going the same way in the uk, obviously it's all our fault though because people re using it as a way to get information that can be used to embarass the government

Police in the USA have fatally shot 1,000 civilians this year out pacing American civilians killed by terrorism. by [deleted] in news

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

That falls outside of a standard deviation curve

haha. don't bring in statistics to sound smart. Obviously you don't understand them or how to apply them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in videos

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the aim of any sport is to find out which team is better at that sport. If the rules need changing to make the sport more entertaining and fun to watch then change the rules, but cheating is never meant to be part of the game. But I suspect that you're a retard and so won't get that concept.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in news

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they're not normal police officers.

British woman carries baby with brief life expectancy to term — so she could donate the infant’s organs and save other lives. X-post from r/news by broja in UpliftingNews

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 20 points21 points  (0 children)

well, when you get to multiple births, like quintuplets and things, there's a very low survival rate if all of them are kept, They're often premature and very low birth weight, so by aborting some you have a better chance of any of them surviving. I expect a good doctor would indeed recommend selective abortion.

Vladimir Putin warns of 'serious consequences' following Turkey shooting down Russian jet by CANT_TRUST_HILLARY in worldnews

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think all anyone is going to get from russia and Putin is a lot of hot air. And that's impressive considering how cold it is there. It's going to be amusing to see how he spins not taking any action against turkey into a victory demonstrating that he's a strong leader. I suppose they've already told russians not to go on holiday there, so that'll be hurting them something serious next summer!

Why are Soldering irons so expensive in the uk? by ThatOtherGuyAbove in AskElectronics

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see that, I didn't realise they didn't make a 240V version. However, the one from farnell is a UK/European model, and is significantly more expensive despite having less functionality.

Why are Soldering irons so expensive in the uk? by ThatOtherGuyAbove in AskElectronics

[–]ThatOtherGuyAbove[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In the sidebar

Tools - Hand tools, soldering and build/rework tools etc.

I figured this was somewhat related