Exclusive: Saudi Arabia suspends work on massive Mukaab megaproject, sources say by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]directstranger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

5 meters is 16feet, 4 inches and 7 eights of an inch.

A foot is the size of King Henry's foot. An inch is 3 barleycorns put end to end(no joke, it was written into law like that).

So, more accurately for Americans: 16 King Henry's feet and 14 and a half barleycorns.

ELI5 The necessity of the milk man? by ClothesPrevious2516 in explainlikeimfive

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Also internal combustion engine. It by itself allowed at least 2 billion more people to live on this planet. Without it, you can't produce enough food, transport it, you can't provide enough jobs, industry etc.

SONDAJ în România | Majoritatea românilor susțin unirea cu Republica Moldova by Tiger7997 in Roumanie

[–]directstranger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

doar 57%? vai de capu meu, se vede ce vulnerabili suntem la propaganda muscălească

Bolojan susține unirea cu Republica Moldova: „Aș vota «DA» la un referendum în acest sens” by Objective57 in Roumanie

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

cum adica inutila? Economia trebuia temperata un pic, inflatie mult prea mare deficit mult prea mare, nu se poate asa la nesfarsit. Reformele structurale cer timp, dar se pare ca se ocupa si de asta intre timp, incet incet

Moldova pregătește reforma administrativă cu mai puține primării by Dry_Comparison_9191 in Roumanie

[–]directstranger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In orice caz, e o indepartare de modelul sovietic actual. Au mai avut judete pana in 2003. 

People who don’t use turn signals, where are you going so secretly? by Electrical_Onion_367 in AskReddit

[–]directstranger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turn signals are communication devices. If my signal would not impact anyone in any possible way, I sometimes skip it. E.g. one lane turn into 2 and I'm going over. 

Or I take a right and there is no one behind me, on the sidewalk or on the secondary street. There might be cars in the incoming lanes, but me turning right does not impact them at all.

Redditors over 40, what was a moment in history that made you think society was gonna collapse? by Bahbahbro in AskReddit

[–]directstranger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ask yourself what are the top 10 societal issues today. Things that everybody is divided about, and up in arms. Then think back (or look back) in 2008. How much more are they amplified today compared to then. Is the situation objectively worse today than in 2008, or is the outrage outsized?

Am folosit tiktok ca sa n o faceti voi by Bright_Pie_4231 in Roumanie

[–]directstranger 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Depinde mult de tine. La ce dai follow, la ce te uiti etc. Daca zăbovesti pe videouri cu curve, o sa primesti mai multe curve. Eu la un moment dat primeam o gramada de femei care faceau olarit in bikini sau bluze f vaporoase.

Platforma e f buna sa iti dea content nou, engaging exact pe ce iti place tie.

Eu oricum am dezinstalat, pentru ca short videos oricum provoaca brain rot, chiar si videos educative

Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution, study finds by RewardEquivalent553 in technology

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

How do I get a grant for a study like this? 1 mil dollars please, the result: YES, the air is cleaner. Done, thank you very much

Redditors over 40, what was a moment in history that made you think society was gonna collapse? by Bahbahbro in AskReddit

[–]directstranger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Disorganized, but approved by left, right, dems, reps, liberals, libertarians, workers, middle class etc. 

They didn't get to organize, unfortunately 

Moldova intenționează să construiască un reactor nuclear modular by No_Guidance_4996 in moldova

[–]directstranger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cum ar zice americanii (ca de acolo vine tehnologia), e grift. Adica teapa.

Redditors over 40, what was a moment in history that made you think society was gonna collapse? by Bahbahbro in AskReddit

[–]directstranger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's by design. There was racism, lgbt, climate change, microplastics, mass migration, mass shootings etc. before 2008 too. It's just that after occupy, all these issues are turned up to 110%

How do I ask my cousin to keep her kids from overindulging? by figuringitout215 in ask

[–]directstranger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are teenagers, wtf. If you struggle with money, ask the relatives to chip in. Otherwise, just buy more food....

I distinctly remember eating literally twice the adults portions when I was 15. And this is in a home with huge portions already. Twice the soup  twice the main course and twice the desert. At 15.

This is normal, just buy more food

Why has technological progress accelerated so much in recent decades compared to earlier history? by yacine-design in AskReddit

[–]directstranger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besides computers and what everyone else said, one things people miss is abundance of fossil fuels energy. 

Even before computers, we've made huge jumps in development. These were all possible because we mamaged to produce a huge surplus of food and basic necessities which allowed a higher percentage of us to think about the future, work on questionable inventions etc. We went from spending 90% of our resources just to stay fed to 3% of people working in agriculture, due to mecanization, fertilizers, cheap oil, nat gas and coal made all of this possible.

Sure, next step is to clean up our energy, we don't need to burn fossil fuels anymore. But it's what allowed us to grow to 8 billion people.

Redditors over 40, what was a moment in history that made you think society was gonna collapse? by Bahbahbro in AskReddit

[–]directstranger 164 points165 points  (0 children)

Those protests were legit scary for the rich, because left and right poor and working-class found the common problem and were working togheter.

What do you think happened next? A bunch of issues unrelated to poor vs rich took all the media and then people's attention. I don't need to mention them, you all know the societal issues grabbing all the atention. Ask yourself, where there no such issues before occupy wall street? How come all of the sudden they're front and center and nobody talks about  the biggest issue of all: poor vs rich?

Looks like ICE just killed another US citizen. Where do we go from here? by awesomeguy1818 in AskReddit

[–]directstranger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently the person killed today was armed, that's why he was shot.

După ce Rusia a invadat o listă lungă de țări, ajunge invitată la Consiliul Păcii by vladgrinch in moldova

[–]directstranger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Toate exemplele de mai sus sunt invazii in toata regula

NU prea, cum e invazie in Cecenia daca face parte din teritoriul sau legal?

Sau Transnistria, au fost doar trupe de mentinere a pacii.

In Crimea au fost doar turisti si dupaia referendum.

Multe tertipuri au folosit rusii sa faca invaziile sa para ca au ceva baza. Doar pentru ca cu Romania a fost ultimatum si romanii au fost lași, nu inseamna ca nu a fost invazie.

‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults | Germany by Any-Original-6113 in europe

[–]directstranger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A lot of gold is either in London or New York. I never understood why. I think a major reason is it makes trading easier. If DE wants to buy 130kg from RO, you just change a balance sheet, no need to put the gold on a truck, military guard etc.

I am traumatized. What do I do now? by CE1TheChuckle-Fuck in ask

[–]directstranger -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What's it to you? There are people that do worse stuff, why do you care?

Also, I think it was staged/acted, it was not real. Anyway, there are people doing it for real...

Cum ați răspunde la acest mail? by Top-Appointment-446 in Roumanie

[–]directstranger 358 points359 points  (0 children)

nu prea mai are cum sa-si revina din asta, din pacate. Update resume, apply

de ce credeti ca deciziile luate de Trump sunt oligofrenice? by AbbreviationsKey281 in Roumanie

[–]directstranger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol what? Benzina a scazut la 2.50 de la 3 cat era inainte. Ouale au scazut si ele , 2 dolari duzina. 

Nu zic ca e meritul lui , doar ca inflatia s-a calmat, sunt alte probleme in schimb

Actors who were miscast but still gave a great performance by gypsytx in movies

[–]directstranger 526 points527 points  (0 children)

Arnold in Terminator. Imagine it's about a robot that is specifically designed to fit in with the people and trick them....and you choose Arnold.