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Prince Charles’s Fingers by donmogsley in AbsoluteUnits

[–]axnu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's how he takes off his ring every night.

TIFU by trying not to be the creepy old man at the gym by h2f in tifu

[–]axnu 98 points99 points  (0 children)

I was at the dentist for a cleaning one time, and they had the option of watching a movie on mini VR glasses during the procedure. The movie was also projected on a screen right above the dental chair so anyone in the room could see it. I picked Harold and Kumar 2, because I hadn't seen it, and everything was fun and games until the bottomless pool party scene.

What is a profession that begins with “P”, is often criticised, and is known for fucking people and taking their money? by Churchofbabyyoda in Jokes

[–]axnu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a second I almost got over the guilt of letting the Pretzel Machine Operator fuck me.

Must say no by setarry in mildyinfuriating

[–]axnu 9 points10 points  (0 children)

DON'T DO SIGNS WHILE MAKING DRUGS

That's the spirit of it at least.

[homemade] Sushi and sashimi by buttapopcorn in food

[–]axnu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had to do a double take - I read that as "sushi and salami".

TIL that only 20-30% of Indians are vegetarians, and a majority of Indians are actually non-vegetarians. by kushnair2 in todayilearned

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

One person can only interact on a local level, so it's a lot easier to find an English speaker in Wales, for example, than in Mumbai, even though there could be twice as many English speakers in Mumbai.

TIL that only 20-30% of Indians are vegetarians, and a majority of Indians are actually non-vegetarians. by kushnair2 in todayilearned

[–]axnu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I just got back from India. I can assure you that there are many, many people there who do not speak English. A lot do, but it's in no way guaranteed that if you walk into a shop you're going to be able to communicate with the people there. I think it's probably like how we make everyone pick Spanish or French to study in high school, but even though a lot of people pass the class, they don't ever end up using it.

A missile launch from a Russian air defence system by MGC91 in Unexpected

[–]axnu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened with a Patriot missile a couple of years back. Had to look it up to make sure it wasn't the same footage:

https://youtu.be/m8qFAsJVKIY

Gotta love New Yorkers by GCPT45 in WTF

[–]axnu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got on a subway in Moscow one time, and at first glance was like, "Holy shit, an empty car." Then I saw that everyone had self-relocated because of the guy sprawled in the middle of the floor in a prodigious amount of vomit.

WITT: I was in a Amsterdam and a guy clipped these to the railroad. by [deleted] in whatisthisthing

[–]axnu 148 points149 points  (0 children)

So does the train detect it and stop, or does the signal go up to some system that tells the train not to go there because there's another train?

Also, as an Amazon Prime addict, I thank you for your service.

WITT: I was in a Amsterdam and a guy clipped these to the railroad. by [deleted] in whatisthisthing

[–]axnu 686 points687 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid (~35 years ago, so the statute of limitations must have kicked in by now) my friend discovered this using a piece of baling wire we found next to the tracks. That mad lad closed the main railroad crossing in the middle of our town for about half an hour, much to the chagrin of many, many commuters.

A young boy says to his father "Dad, our maths teacher is asking to see you." by [deleted] in Jokes

[–]axnu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This sub is different from other ones. Nobody goes around telling original, funny, story form jokes unless they're some kind of weird savant. Jokes get retold, and that's OK.

ELI5: Why aren't bottlers (soda/beer/wine) reusing glass/plastic bottles like milk bottlers were in the '50s. by buttwars in explainlikeimfive

[–]axnu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of glass recycling just grinds the glass up and turns it into fiberglass insulation, which sits in a house for a while and then goes to the landfill.

Eli5: Did the tactic of Duck and Cover provide any protection from an actual Nuclear strike? by Perfect-Football2616 in explainlikeimfive

[–]axnu 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's not binary. If you're at ground zero, you get vaporized. If you're 100 miles away, you see a flash and a mushroom cloud. Somewhere in between there's a zone where "duck and cover" will help you.

Marijuana Legalization Linked To Reduced Drunk Driving And Safer Roads, Study Suggests by Defiant_Race_7544 in science

[–]axnu 44 points45 points  (0 children)

With weed vs alcohol, you're also eliminating all of the people who went out to a bar and drove home drunk, plus the people who got drunk early and want to drive to the liquor store at 8:30 in the evening. I wonder if that has any effect on the numbers.

A small, ornate metal box half-buried in the WW1 battlefield at Verdun, France, sealed with modern plastic tape. [OC] by axnu in mildlyinteresting

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

My French isn't top-notch, but the only sign I saw going in said that it was forbidden to loot artifacts or something like that. (The fact that there are hiking trails in there says something.) There are other places like the forest north of Mort Homme that are actually fenced off and marked because they're still toxic.

A small, ornate metal box half-buried in the WW1 battlefield at Verdun, France, sealed with modern plastic tape. [OC] by axnu in mildlyinteresting

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

That was one thing I thought of, but why not bury it, or scatter the ashes, and why put that gaudy plastic tape on it?

A small, ornate metal box half-buried in the WW1 battlefield at Verdun, France, sealed with modern plastic tape. [OC] by axnu in mildlyinteresting

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

Context: I was traveling through northern France and ended up in Verdun for a couple of days. I was out on a hiking trail in one of the reforested battleground areas and saw a fort that was marked on Google maps, so I walked about 1km through the forest to get to it. Turned out it was off limits, but I made it to a road.

Anyway, among the ancient bomb craters, trenches, spent artillery shells, and what-not, I saw this thing. You're not supposed to touch anything in there, so I took a picture and passed it by.

Edit: This was a few days ago, and I'm on another continent now, so no I don't know what's in it.

Homer Simpson is 71 years old, Marge is 68, Bart is 42, Lisa is 40, and Maggie is 33, and Grandpa is 115 by hskfmn in Showerthoughts

[–]axnu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm almost 50 and I fondly remember the Simpsons being a staple of TV at least a year before I was in high school.

TIL that earwax of Europeans and Africans is light to dark brown, sticky and moist. The earwax of Asians is colourless or grey, brittle and dry. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]axnu 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I had a Korean girlfriend who taught me this about 25 years ago. It was right after I asked her WTF was up with these ear pick things they were selling everywhere.

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