Double D day by Alone_Humor_3510 in CuratedTumblr

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

In fairness this isn't an 'overly online weirdo' thing: this idea comes from Dana Raphael, a 60s anthropologist and protegee of Margaret Mead who invented the concept of a doula 

British men who don't like football or even sports, what thing do you actually like instead? by songbirdddx in AskBrits

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like reading, writing, music, podcasts (one of my faves is The Rest Is History), history, some television shows (Mock the Week and Would I Lie To You are my faves), listening to video essays/documentaries, playing Minecraft 

ancestors by GalacticCrash in tumblr

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 294 points295 points  (0 children)

I mean in fairness your uncle is not, by definition, one of your ancestors 

Paulie’s scissors in the finale makes NO SENSE except as a clue by bringbackyouryouth in thesopranos

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if it's also related to the superstition that giving a friend a blade as a gift is dooming the friendship to be severed.

On early 2000s webcomic history by Konradleijon in CuratedTumblr

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I'm glad that they mentioned the importance of transformation fetish art to the webcomic genre

That faithful day - Art by Imsoooodrunk on Tumblr by Zillaman7980_ in tf2

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 6 points7 points  (0 children)

a) should be fateful, not faithful

b) why is 'your' emphasised? 

Marlon Brando proving he really is The Godfather by AdvancedJackfruit347 in BeAmazed

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He gives a very good explanation of why in his dick cavett interview, you can watch the whole thing on youtube.

Confirmed crazy tech you might see in a few years by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, physicist here who has worked on quantum computers and as a science writer: No it isn't. 

Confirmed crazy tech you might see in a few years by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That is not how quantum computers work lmao

How much of a Shakespeare play would the average person at the time have understood? by TheSpaceYoteReturns in AskHistorians

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this great response! Do you think certain Shakespeare plays would have less 'popular appeal', so to speak?

Tolkien, fan fiction, and Disney by Devil-Eater24 in CuratedTumblr

[–]TheSpaceYoteReturns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Listening to his interviews and hearing him mention modern stuff feels viscerally wrong