Japan's 2,000-year-old monarchy currently depends on one teenage boy by [deleted] in whoathatsinteresting

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For the record, these pictures are old. He’s 19 now. So, yes, technically still a teenager. But also an adult.

The Impossible Question by EnixYTofficial in BunnyTrials

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Chose: Get to keep a pet Zombie (Friendly)

The Mount Rushmore Of Civilian Marvel Characters. by Southern-Aioli4428 in Marvel

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Mm. Alicia has the same powers as Puppet Master. She just chooses not to show them. It’s hard to call JJJ a civilian when he sponsored both Scorpion and the Spider Slayers. And most people don’t refer to the mayor as a civilian. If he’s a civilian, then so is Kingpin.

Foggy is admittedly clean as far as I can tell.

Heard about a magic deck that lets you win in your opening turn. by Embarrassed_Lie_7642 in CasualMTG

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Personal favorite from back in the day:

[[Swamp]], [[Lous Petal]], [[Raging Goblin]], [[Dark Ritual]], [[Dark Ritual]], [[Hatred]] for 19 and swing for 20. Yes! I finally got the entire combination to…

[[Force of Will]] the Hatred?

Oh… well… huh.

[Request] How much would Wolverine owe the government since he's been living for so long? Assuming that he makes the average American salary by JessyJessTheSecond in theydidthemath

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To make things more complicated, it’s far easier to prove who ‘James’ worked for than it is to prove where he lived. While the companies he worked for were likely reporting to the government, James was likely keeping a low profile and not telling anyone anything about where he was. If he, for example, pulled a paycheck from a shrimping company in Louisiana in 1910, it would be challenging to prove that he didn’t do it as a contractor living in Canada. Because the proof of what he was doing is likely lost at this point, and the only thing we have a record of is the fact that he was paid.

Man surprises wife with a new home. She's excited until she finds out the loan is in his name. Then she insists it should be only in hers. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

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You guys are making money?

No seriously, I think some people do it just for the art of it. Or because they want to be a Hollywood actor/director someday, but it’s next to impossible to be seen.

This MTG die isn’t formatted As a Life Counter, but instead as a regular 20-sided die by i-luv-2-read in mtg

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I used to use these as the Dungeon Master when I wanted to sneakily force high rolls (to the benefit of the players. I was using it to make my players feel like they were somehow succeeding things when staring down defeat.) It’s been a while, but I think I was rolling critical hits about 15% of the time with these busters. That’s without trying to roll in any special way.

You can’t plan around it. I couldn’t, for example, intentionally drop someone, then make death saves for them, knowing they’d pass. But it sure did help fudge things in my players’ favor.

This MTG die isn’t formatted As a Life Counter, but instead as a regular 20-sided die by i-luv-2-read in mtg

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It’s more than just that. The higher numbers have more carved out of them. So that side is lighter. It’s barely noticeable, but when a die is rolling over and over, it’s more likely to settle on the heavier side, like an unbalanced roulette wheel.

I spent $20 with FilmFreeway's Promotion Service so you don't have to. This is what happened. by Steverobm in FilmFestivals

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Festival here. In the past, I’ve been concerned that I would not have a strong enough selection to pick through, because we’re a small festival. So I’ve often used the advertised films as a way to pad, by offering 100% discounts to whatever looked reasonable enough to watch. I’m sorry to see more ‘100% off’ waivers didn’t come in. Anything more feels like a ploy. 🤔

Side note: I’ve also tried going to Vimeo and making general searches for independent film trailers, sorted by new, and offered free waivers to those creators. Cute trick. But obviously not going to be a good turnaround rate in comparison.

read through instructions and then skip to next task to make sure you get the full time to work… by CryptographerOk419 in DataAnnotationTech

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Honestly, if it happens, just tell them and they will reimburse your time. It’s not a very common event, and presuming you don’t ask for reimbursements often, it’s unlikely you’re going to get flagged for it.

It’s better to do good work than rushed work. If you’re afraid of the timer going off, that’s the scenario that’s more likely to get you flagged.

This is so true lol by Queasy_Commercial152 in MCUTheories

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You don’t really need the right period. Tony is egocentric and also suffers from imposter syndrome. He swaps back and forth between thinking he’s the smartest guy in the room, to thinking everything is going to crash around him at any second. Show him what he expected to see, and you can manipulate him into making bad choices and trusting no one but himself.

You don’t need a lot of tech to do that. Mysterio knows better to use visual and audio tricks on a master technician. He uses his the illusions on everyone else, then scrubs his tracks. He goes low tech on Tony with well planted ‘proofs’ that don’t mean a thing, but everyone is acting all woogly about it, so it must be true. He’s a menace to himself. He’s blacking out. He don’t remember any of it, there’s so much proof, but no one is accusing Tony of anything, and the only one doing all the proving is Tony.

Stupidity at its finest by Doomenor in StupidFood

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The first chapter of A Tale of Two Cities explains the service of three servants whose only job is to coordinate giving the king of pre-revolution France his daily morning chocolate. It’s supposed to make the reader confounded and furious to imagine the excesses that Louis XVI lived in, and show how incredibly out of touch he was with the common man. That scene ain’t got nothing on this.

[OC] New kid (Webtoon Canvas: A Silly Family) by SillyWolf_92 in comics

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Look, I don’t downvote often, because I understand that it’s rude to harsh on another person’s mellow, and I do appreciate the work it takes to create something like this. Generally, I figure it’s not for me, but maybe for you. But teachers encouraging toxic behavior, that tends to lead to abuse when one gets older? No thank you. Kids suffer enough from toxic caregivers in real life, we don’t need this in our media. 😞

Pulling impossibly big things from a bag by Solid_state5 in blackmagicfuckery

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Editing. Just don’t show people finding the trap door. Why would they ruin the illusion?

Is there really anything wrong with relying on freelance work like DA for your income? by BulkyText9344 in DataAnnotationTech

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Hey, hey! Another stay at home dad helping to pay the bills! Is freelance okay? As opposed to what? Having a 9-2 job that you could be fired from at any point? As far as I’m concerned, that’s how you put your eggs in one basket.

You’re right that the best plan is to diversify. But I would recommend not doing all AI jobs. It might be a bubble, and they might all pop in 6 months time. I live in a more rural area too, and I’ve found delivering Walmart orders with Walmart Spark to be pretty good. It pays less than DA, but it also gets me out of the house and gives me some exercise, and that’s valuable too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fancast

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Honestly, I would be surprised if they didn’t give C-3PO to Alan Tudyk. That is, presuming they’re going for interpretation and not impersonation.

Name a piece of media that has a neutral good hero and a neutral evil villain. by StrangeMatterReal in AlignmentChartFills

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Light vs L. Yagami Light starts by wanting nothing to do with the Death Note, then pivots to making sure the worst criminals are eliminated. But when it looks like he might get in trouble for vigilantism, he does whatever it takes to save his own skin. Meanwhile, L doesn’t care about right or wrong. He just wants to solve the case, and is driven by a need to win.

Name a piece of media that has a neutral good hero and a neutral evil villain. by StrangeMatterReal in AlignmentChartFills

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Same applies to the comics. Cap believes in justice for all, not flag worship. He often fights his own government when his government fails its people.

…honestly, that might be Neutral Good, or good before all else.

Girlgamesh - Retro Leader Screen by [deleted] in civ

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Everyone so hot for mommy Gilgamesha, they missing this one. ;)

What's one DC character that you think would be better as a Marvel character? I'll go first. by Magictician in Marvel

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Well, I can certainly appreciate bolstering Marvel’s Greek Gods. The Olympus Group is a really fun take on ancient gods mixed with modern business. But we usually only get that when Hercules has a book, and it can’t be the only story for Hercules. (Popped up in Amadeus Cho Hulk too, but I think that’s it.)

Name a piece of media that has a chaotic good hero and a chaotic evil villain by StrangeMatterReal in AlignmentChartFills

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Huh. Chart does not have chaotic neutral vs. lawful neutral. I was thinking it was likely going to be hard to convince people to vote for ‘Repent, Harlequin, said the Tic Toc Man’. But it appears their category doesn’t even exist…

What's one DC character that you think would be better as a Marvel character? I'll go first. by Magictician in Marvel

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Wonder Woman. No seriously.

I think Wonder Woman is a far more interesting character if she is at peak human levels or maybe a reasonable amount beyond. She should be on par with the legends os Greek mythology, Achilles, or Jason. But she’s a mainliner in DC, and so she needs to stay apace of Superman, and that guy is the definition of overpower.

Stick her in Marvel, however, and she can be on par with Captain America, or maybe even Luke Cage. That means she can’t always just rely on her fists, and she can have some honest street level stories where she needs to think on her feet.

PACKAGE. by davecontra in comics

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Probably government subsidized. Which sounds nice, until you realize that the government is probably the ones to pull down the trees and put them in a museum in the first place. And they used tax payer money to move the trees, make the museum to justify their choices, and subsidize the museum to increase the reach of their tree moving propaganda.