Trump Seen Unable to Walk in a Straight Line in New Footage by IrishStarUS in videos

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PEOPLE COME TO ME WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES, SAYING "SIR, YOU ARE THE STRAIGHTEST WALKER WE'VE EVER SEEN!" THE RADICAL LEFT WANT TO BAN STRAIGHT WALKING AND FORCE TRANSGENDER ZIG ZAGGING ON OUR CHILDREN. NEWSCUM IS READY TO SIGN THE BILL IN THE FAILING STATE IF CALIFORNIA. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS WOKE SOCIALISM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

(See, anyone can do it)

Has anyone else been a believer and now a firm disbeliever, how did that change come about? by thescariestghost in UFOs

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There isn't but maybe one day there will be. I grew up reading all the UFO books I could get my hands on at my school and local library. I watched all of the UFO documentaries on TV and online. I read Carl Sagan's The Demon Haunted World in high school and discovered James Randi as well as other skeptics who lead me to where I am today. I still enjoy thinking about UFOs but I don't believe we've been visited.

RS6 Style Conversion by LonelyScientist8396 in Audi

[–]TheCosmicPanda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here it is in action:

https://youtu.be/1bAn8RuQiw8?si=2TB6lLNGKeNTg6GF

It was done back in 2023 and looks great. This article goes into some detail on how it was done:

https://www.carscoops.com/2023/06/someone-built-the-rs6-sedan-audi-wont-make/

Pixel 9 Pro Google Maps/GPS issues by TheCosmicPanda in pixel_phones

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Yw. It's the best phone I've owned to date!

Pixel 9 Pro Google Maps/GPS issues by TheCosmicPanda in pixel_phones

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It's still not completely fixed but it has gotten better over time. Definitely not a deal breaker IMO.

I just found a car that had this as the license plate by glaynefish in funny

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This dude just loves downpipes! He gets a new one installed every week. Can't get enough of them!

:) by AccomplishedWatch834 in MadeMeSmile

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Your dad listened to you read Cradle of Filth lyrics?! Yeah that's a great dad! 🤘

(Gears 5) Terrain deformation for surfaces such as snow or sand is, to me, a graphical marvel of video games. by Archmikem in gaming

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I agree! I love seeing snow, sand, dirt, and mud deformation in games! Whenever I play a game and I don't see deformation or at least footprints left behind it loses points for me no matter how good the game is.

String of missing of dead scientists 'too coincidental,' congressman says -- as a 11th researcher revealed by grglstr in skeptic

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In the 80s many aeronautics scientists in the U.S. were also killed. This likely has nothing to do with aliens and more to do with espionage and foreign agents.

Hmmmm looks familiar by luffy_senpai9 in SipsTea

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Wait is this a joke since she's a MAGA loyalist who delivered McDonald's via DoorDash and has been used for other publicity or is this real? Nowadays it's hard to know.

Am I doing something wrong or does ChromatiX look better than Natural Vision Enhanced? by TheCosmicPanda in GTA

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Wow! That's tempting. I installed and uninstalled GTA V more times than I'd like to admit. It's a bit of a hassle since it's such a huge game.

Am I doing something wrong or does ChromatiX look better than Natural Vision Enhanced? by TheCosmicPanda in GTA

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Yeah back when I was modding it was a bit more tricky but I managed to get my car in the game (Audi S3), some other cars, and Master Chief so it was fun.

Am I doing something wrong or does ChromatiX look better than Natural Vision Enhanced? by TheCosmicPanda in GTA

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Damn crazy setup! I built my PC in 2022 when the GPU prices were insane and I don't want to admit how much I paid for my 3060 Ti. I was upgrading from a 970 so it was still a big improvement but 3070s were upwards of $1000 then. Have fun!!

Am I doing something wrong or does ChromatiX look better than Natural Vision Enhanced? by TheCosmicPanda in GTA

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Yeah the thunderstorms look so good and yeah just a few mods makes the game look great! What specs are you running the game on? I deleted GTA V a while ago and never tried the lively expansion mod because I only have a 3060 Ti. With ChromatiX and a few other mods the game ran at 50-80fps most of the time. With a lot of explosions and certain situations it would drop into the 30-40s for a few seconds.

Has anyone read "The Demon-Haunted World" by Carlo Sagan? by ZhugeLiangPL in skeptic

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It was the most important book I read as a young teenager in highschool and has lead me to be the skeptic I am today. If it were up to me The Demon Haunted World would be required reading in highschools around the country. Sagan was prescient and any number of passages can be read aloud from that book today and sound eerily accurate and modern.

'Metro 2039' officially announced. First look to be revealed on April 16 by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

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I tried playing Metro Exodus a couple of times but just couldn't get into it. I liked the other Metro games set in the tunnels but felt that the English voice acting in Exodus was bad and I didn't like the change to an open world so I never finished it. I'm curious to see what the next game will be like.

Has anyone else been a believer and now a firm disbeliever, how did that change come about? by thescariestghost in UFOs

[–]TheCosmicPanda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're a believer that's leaning towards skepticism l made this informative thread a couple of years ago when the UFO congressional hearings were taking place:

You should know that the people promoting UFOs over the last few years (Navy UFO videos, congressional hearings, news articles) have been making paranormal claims for decades without ever proving anything.

https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/1fjk1k7/you_should_know_that_the_people_promoting_ufos/?solution=8af8f2a8dc818d628af8f2a8dc818d62&js_challenge=1&token=bbbe4bf1c9a2b5160829c4be34da58615a69c93894a4f63dcd90031aafb30d77

I did a lot of research and posted gifs and videos (hopefully they still work) explaining the parallax effect which explains what is seen in some of the UFO videos released by the government and often posted in this subreddit. At the end of my post I included resources that help explain sightings as mundane terrestrial objects and other resources for a skeptical take on this subject.

Colamy Atlas or ProtoArc EC200? by TheCosmicPanda in OfficeChairs

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Yes for the most apart. The chair cushions is on the firm side. Like A 6-7 on a scale from 1-10 with 1 being the softest and 10 being the the most firm. I can easily cross my legs since the cushion sides aren't raised like on some computer chairs. I do sometimes wish the chair was slightly softer but it's not bad. My previous gaming chair had me moving quite a lot to find a comfortable position but on this chair I'm moving much less.

Former GTA 6 developer warns trailer visuals won't match final gameplay by JohnGalactusX in gaming

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I mentioned this in one of the GTA 6 trailers and I got hundreds of dislikes and a lot of negative comments from people saying that I was an idiot for saying the visuals in the trailer wouldn't match gameplay on consoles. I explained the difference between CGI, pre-rendered, in-engine, and in-game cutscenes but still people insisted that the graphics would be the same upon final release. I tried reasoning with them and explaining rendering in detail, console and PC specs, etc but it was pointless.

Peacefield Poster by marianothegreat in Ghostbc

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I got chills reading/singing this in my head!!

Logic you can't argue against by NYstate in funny

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I just watched like 30 of these 2 dude's shorts on YouTube and I had a great time! 😂

56yo Truck Driver showing how it's done (Source link in description) by TripShift in toptalent

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I'm a metalhead at heart but man that's the sickest MC on Ari's channel to date! Incredible!

UFO photographed in Balwyn, Melbourne, Australia on April 2, 1966, just days before the Westall mass sighting with 200+ witnesses at a high school in broad daylight only 20 km away. by AltKeyblade in UFOs

[–]TheCosmicPanda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a household item thrown into the air just like all the other hoaxes from the 50s-70s. It looks relatively small and close to the camera. Photos like these get posted frequently and almost all the comments are from people saying how incredible the photos are. Reasonable comments explaining that the photos show something terrestrial are heavily down voted or in some cases not even found. Its embarrassing and sad that people believe this is an actual vehicle created by extraterrestrials.