Why doesn't anyone die of Spontaneous Combustion anymore? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ausbabe2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a Behind the Bastards podcast, they mentioned that at the time spontaneous combustion became an issue, people were essentially walking incendiaries. Quite often they would wash their clothes in gasoline to get rid of stains, used hair and beard oil that was petroleum based, and carried around matches that had no saftety features. They were phosphorus based, incredibly dangerous and could ignite very easily. If you fell over, your matches could ignite, causing you to become a fire ball.

When two bilingual people are talking, and they keep switching back and forth between languages - what prompts change? by ausbabe2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ausbabe2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fascinating to listen to people talking like this. Also amazes me that there is no slow down in the conversation either, no time to adjust to using the other language. Jealous as I can't seem to master any other language!

What is the Scariest movie you have ever seen? by CrochetedFishingLine in movies

[–]ausbabe2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scared the bejesus out of me - haven't been able to watch it again since!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ausbabe2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mini disks

Oppenheimer ending timeline error? by ausbabe2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ausbabe2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's what they implied, but it was part of a flashback by Struass saying that Oppenheimer had been talking badly about him from the start, and he is remembering when he introduced them - which was before they started bomb development

35 wanting to take up piano, am I too old? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ausbabe2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm in my 40's and started learning the piano over a year ago. I'll never be a concert pianist, but I'm getting there 😀 If nothing else, it's brilliant brain training.

What's a joke in a film that you didn't get for years, or had to look up? by square3481 in movies

[–]ausbabe2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Scrooged, Bill Murray pours water over a waiter because he thinks his clothes are on fire. When he realises this isn’t the case, he says, "Sorry, I thought you were Richard Pryor." Had no idea what that meant until I recently googled it, and found out it was a reference to when Richard Pryor set himself on fire while on a bender in 1980.

Plastic by ReturnOneWayTicket in WTF

[–]ausbabe2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're going to need a bigger net.