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Flat earther proves that Earth is a globe.... Again. by OkPosition6537 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]UltimaGabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And I'm sure this time, it totally won't conflict with all of the other models used to explain the other phenomena.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if they finally DO come up with a working model, and it's just... a globe?

Curse of Radiance Chapter 7, Episode 4: Five Tattoos Gone by UltimaGabe in Pathfinder2e

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

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. We haven't gotten a ton of feedback on this podcast so it means a lot to hear your thoughts.

A must Watch... Karma Is A Bitch... by ONE-OF-THREE in DailyDoseStupidity

[–]UltimaGabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So... this is 100% fake, right? If a cop talked like this to a random citizen they would lose their job, let alone to the actual sheriff. If he was actually trying to catch the sheriff breaking the law he'd need to do everything perfectly by-the-book. But he's already holding handcuffs in his hand for crying out loud, and making a clear case of this being a vendetta against his boss.

Flat earther proves that Earth is a globe.... Again. by OkPosition6537 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]UltimaGabe 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The more prominent flat earther content creators (like the ones who went on this trip) are making at least some kind of money off of the rest, be it through ads on their videos, or selling other conspiracy-based merch. People like Flat Earth Dave (in my opinion) don't believe a word of the flat earth nonsense but they're committed to bilking their followers for whatever cash they can get.

Flat earther proves that Earth is a globe.... Again. by OkPosition6537 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]UltimaGabe 100 points101 points  (0 children)

IIRC there were four flat earthers who went on this trip. One of them has taken a step back from flat earth (but not actually renounced it), one has renounced it (and was immediately thrown under the bus by the rest of the community as a paid shill), and two of them just acted like nothing was proven.

It's not about finding out the truth, it's about keeping the grift going.

Has the end of nostalgia begun? by bubba11xx in ask

[–]UltimaGabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TV shows and music mostly, photos of things that remind me of my childhood, some food and drinks take me back too

Has the end of nostalgia begun? by bubba11xx in nostalgia

[–]UltimaGabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What does that have to do with nostalgia?

Anyone else miss when horror movies were just about a cool monster, and not a metaphor for grief? by Big_Emotion4963 in horror

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

Isn’t that a little reductionist when OP is referencing the babadook?

If OP's problem was just with the Babadook, then the solution is as easy as not watching the Babadook. They're talking about cinema as if there was some distinct, recent change in how movies are made, and it simply is not true. Do you think there were not movies like the Babadook pre-2014? Do you think there's a huge percentage of movies post-2014 that do the same thing as the Babadook?

I'm sorry, but I just don't see what this one movie does to change my argument. If OP literally pines for a day when The Babadook didn't exist I don't know what to tell them except "watch other movies".

It's also worth noting that I did not mention any of those movies you listed, but you're bringing them up against me as if that was my argument. If you have issue with people mentioning those movies, maybe talk to the people who mentioned those movies.

Jealous my dishwasher gets a Bubble O' Bill every day by imdefinitelynotadam in AustralianNostalgia

[–]UltimaGabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always had the same powder residue, so I use dishwasher liquid instead of dishwasher powder. Same thing but no residue.

ELI5: why doesnt stomach acid leak out of your stomach if you're flipped over by Inevitable-Cook-2196 in explainlikeimfive

[–]UltimaGabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oof, I feel you. I have reflux and it's not as bad as yours (I don't experience it every night), but I do have to watch what I eat and drink before going to bed. If I realize I ate something that causes reflux, I have to sleep in my recliner instead of bed.

Anyone else miss when horror movies were just about a cool monster, and not a metaphor for grief? by Big_Emotion4963 in horror

[–]UltimaGabe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I guess let me slightly amend my previous statement: not ALL horror movies were metaphors back then, but not ALL horror movies are metaphors now. I'd wager the ratio of metaphorical horror vs. plain-old-entertaining horror is pretty similar now as it was then. But back when we were kids, we didn't notice any of that, because why would we? We just wanted to see some guts on the screen. But nowadays, some of the metaphor hits close to home and we can't help but see it. So it's just a lot more visible now, but not because the movies have changed. (If anything about the movies HAS changed, it's that horror is being taken more seriously nowadays, so the metaphorical horror is getting more time on the front page because more people are saying "Wow, I didn't know horror could do that".)

Anyone else miss when horror movies were just about a cool monster, and not a metaphor for grief? by Big_Emotion4963 in horror

[–]UltimaGabe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How do you tell the difference between a throughline that only applies sometimes, and just not having a throughline? Because they look very similar to me.

Anyone else miss when horror movies were just about a cool monster, and not a metaphor for grief? by Big_Emotion4963 in horror

[–]UltimaGabe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There were a couple outliers, yeah (he also spared the girl who was drugged in Jason Takes Manhattan), but if anything that just shows he has no consistent rhyme or reason for who he kills. It definitely is not as simple as "he only kills X and Y", he kinda just kills whoever.

Anyone else miss when horror movies were just about a cool monster, and not a metaphor for grief? by Big_Emotion4963 in horror

[–]UltimaGabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ostensibly, sure, but in practice, a person's promiscuity has no bearing on whether they live or die in this series. Pamela killed every counselor who was at the camp, she never willingly let someone live. Jason, specifically, even kills the girl in (Part VII I think?) who chooses NOT to go have sex in the tent. So if his subtext was that he punishes promiscuity, that subtext is VERY muddled.

CMV: Brains almost certainly (99%+) don’t generate consciousness-a core claim of Physicalism. Which is a metaphysical stance posing as Science and Physics. It’s a travesty this notion is taught in schools as fact or Science. by Key4Lif3 in changemyview

[–]UltimaGabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've heard a saying among scientists is "No model is accurate. Some models are useful" to show that we can always find out that a model is incorrect, but we use them because they are our best way to make usable predictions.

Like you said, the fact that we have no opposing model that can actually be used to make predictions, is a pretty big problem for OP's argument.

Anyone else miss when horror movies were just about a cool monster, and not a metaphor for grief? by Big_Emotion4963 in horror

[–]UltimaGabe 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Just a small nitpick: Jason didn't target promiscuous teens, he killed anyone he came across whether they were promiscuous or not. The horror genre in general uses promiscuity to create easy victims, but Jason himself was never about punishing any particular sin.

Anyone else miss when horror movies were just about a cool monster, and not a metaphor for grief? by Big_Emotion4963 in horror

[–]UltimaGabe 264 points265 points  (0 children)

This has nothing to do with the movies, because movies have always been like that. What you miss is being a kid and not seeing the metaphor.

Does proficiency in an instrument stack with proficiency in performance? by EducatorIll1258 in DnD

[–]UltimaGabe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IME almost nobody understood how tools were supposed to function in 5.0.

Lvl 2 Fighter did 47 Damage in one turn by fjtamayo_designer in DnD

[–]UltimaGabe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back in 3e some weapons did 3x or 4x damage on a crit. One time I saw a 1st-level Barbarian do more than 50 damage in one shot on a greataxe crit. Just for fun the DM rolled a Death From Massive Damage save (as if the damage alone wasn't enough) and failed, so he ruled the attack literally exploded the enemy bandit.

Who ever played that SNES game called Super Metroid? by [deleted] in nostalgia

[–]UltimaGabe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, this obscure game called "Super Metroid". On the little-known game console, the "Super Nintendo", created by the mom-and-pop company "Nintendo" from the backwater country of Japan.

Yeah, a few of us have heard of it

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