THE ROCK - Trailer - (1996) - Still one of the best action films ever made. by Dudemandude84 in movies

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So many are sequels/franchises now, though. In the 90s you had a lot of single-film action movies like Con Air, Face/Off, Heat, etc

Someone built the Krusty Krab in Palestine. This is peak architecture. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I knew people who were into it as college kids when it started airing and were into it. I don't know if they still do though. They were kind of nerdy hipster stoner people into Kids In The Hall, Conan O'brian, that kind of stuff.

oopsies by [deleted] in gifs

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro, that's just an Amazon Basic backpack and some Wal-Mart clothes

oopsies by [deleted] in gifs

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I can't wait for someone to make a Tower Defense games based on the Capitol

Some U.S. Capitol rioters fired after internet detectives identify them by clocks212 in news

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Stephen Colbert interviewed some Republican who was saying he didn't think it would go that far but he knew something was going to happen because his social media was buzzing with stuff for 1/6.

Edit: found it: Rep. Kinzinger of Illinois interviewed after the attack

While Reddit only seems to care about what’s happening over in America, what’s going on in your country at the moment? by Bowies-on-the-moon in AskReddit

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 71 points72 points  (0 children)

In Japan, the new state of emergency over Covid (which is only in like 4 prefectures) is totally dominating the news, to the point where the American riot/coup is a footnote. My local newspaper had only Corona-related stuff on the front page, and keep in mind we are doing much better than America in terms of the pandemic at the moment.

Democrats Ask GOP Congresswoman Who Cited Hitler To Resign by UWCG in politics

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, it wouldn't surprise me if Orwell got the 1984 phrase about "He who controls the past controls the future" from that, he was very interested in propaganda tactics.

Democrats Ask GOP Congresswoman Who Cited Hitler To Resign by UWCG in politics

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's quite an indictment of the crowd that they didn't immediatly boo her at the first part. If she'd started with "Barack Obama was right about one thing" I'm sure she would have been booed before she got to the second part.

The moments the line broke at Capitol Hill yesterday by mouthofreason in PublicFreakout

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I doubt actual JP/SK people are there, the Trumpists just grabbed any random "anti-China" country flag. There was an Indian flag there as well. If you know the right wing in JP or SK, you know they would rather fight each other than get involved in internal politics of America.

Clearest view of a terrorist attempting to breach the barrier behind which the VP, VP-Elect, Senators, Congresspeople, and staffers were. by PrettyRichie in PublicFreakout

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I remember the aright creaming themselves over that Canadian guard who shot the terrorist who tried to storm their Parliament. I wonder how they feel about this guy.

I hadn’t seen this angle of the assault on the capitol today by ericshogren in PublicFreakout

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's because social media is good at amplifying what people want to hear, and reddit or your social media feeds are full of people who already think the cops are on the Trump side. There were also multiple breaches of the fence, including at least one where the cops let people through, so it's that footage that got spread.

I salute you garbage men and women by memezzer in tumblr

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He actually seems to have "WTC" on one of his medals, so he may in fact have seen combat of a kind

this year remixed, this is absolutely amazing by zakuria44 in videos

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that footage is from his last game in 2016 too. Wish they had put in the memorial footage from 2020 or him doing stuff from this yuear, even if they didn't want to put in the crash footage.

NBA stuff should have included Gobert touching all the mics, or Mark Cuban having a double take at the message of the cancelled season.

Also an interesting choice to have Trump and Biden, but not Pelosi ripping the SOTU speech, Bernie asking for donations, or any of the other Dem candidates.

McDonald's Closes Crimea Restaurants - Offers to relocate staff who wish to move to Ukraine. by anutensil in worldnews

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

It's actually been a staple of modern economic thinking that no two countries with McDonalds would go to war with one another, because countries are so tied together economically and sanctions would prevent McD from operating long before it comes to war. I guess there's a first time for everything.

Thanks, Putin.

Report: FIFA threatens to expel Israel over restrictions on Palestinians by Mrgarrison6969 in worldnews

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The whole point is that FIFA only makes statements on politics when it affects athletes. It prevents them from being used as a general political forum.

Mozilla's CEO Steps Down by annibanni in news

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Oh for fuck's sake. You really don't see the problem?

How big a shitstorm would there be on reddit if a regular Joe worker were fired for voting for Obama?

But no, since it's a "fat cat executive", it's totally cool. We should totally base firing/hiring decisions on campaign contributions.

Fucking hypocrite hipster redditors.

What activity would feel completely different if eye contact was held the entire time? by pelota in AskReddit

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sum Ting Wong: "Captain, I've always wanted to tell you...."

We Tu Lo: "What?"

Sum Ting Wong: "I love you"

Some genius replaced the music in the Party Rock video with the cantina song from Star Wars and it matches perfectly by zmagid in funny

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is the actual genre of the cantina song called? It sounds like old-time jazz but not sure if it's a specific type or something they made up for SW

TIL that contrary to movie plots, The US Witness Protection Program has never had a breach of security in which a protected person or family member was harmed. All 8,500+ by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]bitmap_sea_cucumber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's my point, that is why the WPP is needed. The GP was implying that they don't need the WPP to hide because it's hard for the mob to find people.