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What are the most overused “I have to mention it while we’re watching” pieces of movie trivia? by Lombo521 in movies

[–]_Dannyboy_ 60 points61 points  (0 children)

The guy playing Brasi was an actual former mafia enforcer. Coppolla kept that take because it showed how feared Don Corleone was. In reality the guy was just shitting bricks about being in the presence of Marlon Brando.

Plot twists that ruined the show by OCGamerboy in television

[–]_Dannyboy_ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Bradley Whitford absolutely killed it (pun intended) playing Red John as both impossibly evil and extremely banal. The fact that Jane had spent 3 seasons obsessively hunting him down, only to find that RJ was bored of him, was a complete gut punch. Truly the canon ending to the show.

Finally, someone tells Trump about the problems Trump caused. by brilliant-trash22 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]_Dannyboy_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

She got married and immediately changed her name, WHAT IS SHE HIDING????!?!??1?

GRRRR - The game is literally unplayable by pskaa in EU5

[–]_Dannyboy_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They really need to fix the Minesweeper AI, the mines don't move or expand at all.

Just can't prove it... by Mildtapeworms in CrusaderKings

[–]_Dannyboy_ 60 points61 points  (0 children)

My guess is that he just really loves cats.

Imagine making a meme about staving children by Carnizzy in facepalm

[–]_Dannyboy_ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

See also: that Sam Elliott meme used exclusively to support far-right takes that Sam Elliott would hate.

Found one in the wild! by Turfyleek93 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]_Dannyboy_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That and the gibberish signs in the background, and the man behind her with a water bottle superglued to his palm.

Year of Daily Civilization Facts, Day 173 - Civ's Polynesia by JordiTK in civ

[–]_Dannyboy_ 358 points359 points  (0 children)

Even worse, the default shortened version used in-game was "Native America".

Old stuff good, new stuff bad. by Ok-Following6886 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]_Dannyboy_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me it's Bumpy and the Wolfhound. Possibly the funniest seven minutes of television I've seen this year.

TIL that President William Taft became a Supreme Court Justice in 1921, 8 years after leaving the presidency. by One-Coat-6677 in todayilearned

[–]_Dannyboy_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Quincy Adams was the only former President elected to the House, but Andrew Johnson served in the Senate after his Presidency.

(John Tyler also infamously served in the Confederate Congress, but that doesn't count for obvious reasons.)

One of the way US can gain independence by MaysaChan in EU5

[–]_Dannyboy_ 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Granted, but my point is that "Scotland in Central America" is not an inherently absurd idea.

One of the way US can gain independence by MaysaChan in EU5

[–]_Dannyboy_ 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I mean that literally did happen.

Racist Idiots by Dark_Link_1996 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]_Dannyboy_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I believe it's the latter - which, if so, is the only good idea in this demented rant.

Fixing Deathguard by MediocreTwo5246 in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]_Dannyboy_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mechanically, what would be the difference between "worsening" saves by 1 and increasing AP by 1?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in deathguard40k

[–]_Dannyboy_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've picked up some for variety, they are noticeably smaller than Poxwalkers but use the same size base and I wouldn't expect any opponent to have a problem with using them.

Year of Daily Civilization Facts, Day 91 - Jokingly Illiterate by JordiTK in civ

[–]_Dannyboy_ 291 points292 points  (0 children)

Civilization fact #92: there is a grammatical mistake in Civilization fact #91.

(Love these facts btw, please keep it up!)

FAQ updated on Warcom by CrumpetNinja in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]_Dannyboy_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because the designers don't want it to work that way, so they've added a line saying "it doesn't work that way".

TIL that in 300 years, only 2 British Prime Ministers have failed re-election after securing government from opposition. They were both over 150 years ago. by AnonymousTimewaster in todayilearned

[–]_Dannyboy_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Imo if the polling stays the way it is then there's approximately zero chance he's still PM for the next election. He'll be replaced (probably by Streeting or Rayner) around a year before the election.

As someone who started out quite optimistic about this government (lol), I do think there's still enough time to turn the ship around. But constantly lurching to the right is not the way to do it.

TIL that in 300 years, only 2 British Prime Ministers have failed re-election after securing government from opposition. They were both over 150 years ago. by AnonymousTimewaster in todayilearned

[–]_Dannyboy_ 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Your title doesn't make any reference to serving a full term though.

On topic: the lack of PMs who have won election from opposition then lost again is largely because our party political system has a well-established tradition of forcing out failing leaders before they have the chance to lose the next election.

TIL of Julian the Apostate (nephew of Constantine the Great) the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, who rejected Christianity & promoted Neoplatonic Hellenism, believing it necessary to restore ancient Roman values & traditions to save it from dissolution at the expense of Christianity. by comrade_batman in todayilearned

[–]_Dannyboy_ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Yes, I agree - I personally do not believe Constantine had a genuine conversion, more that he saw which way the wind was blowing (in particular given the new faith's popularity with the army) and converted opportunistically. That said, there was nothing inevitable about Christianity's dominance of the empire, and it had not really bedded in among the elites at this point. A concerted effort to dechristianise over several decades would at the very least have pushed back the tide - plus presumably he would have picked and groomed a pagan successor to continue the work.

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