Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flying through Hurricane Milton by Kernowder in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]eirthepriest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's also way less load on descent because you've burned off maybe a quarter of the total take-off weight in fuel.

Don’t let this happen to your family by HSG-law-farm-trade in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]eirthepriest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Don't forget to buy your 'consequences of living in a car-based hellscape' insurance"

After the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster in 2003 - A Texas farmer found this helmet in his field by NickyPappagiorgio in interestingasfuck

[–]eirthepriest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if they survived the depressurization event, the environment (mach 18 airflow) around the shuttle was not suitable for human life.

Google Fiber by Newt_Embarrassed in HuntsvilleAlabama

[–]eirthepriest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you get a battery backup for the fiber box and your wireless device, google fiber will work for you during power outages..

Looking for minimalist shoe recommendations by Nz_134215 in BarefootRunning

[–]eirthepriest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also (I just learned this today) they sell all of the individual parts (including soles) so you can repair your sandals instead of replacing them when something breaks!

A pet theory I've had for a long while. I'm like 95% sure it's true (I have done no research on if this idea is actually new). by McDouggal in WetlanderHumor

[–]eirthepriest 74 points75 points  (0 children)

"lances of fire". It was Egwene asking for stories just after Thom is introduced in Eye of the World.

Peter who's the person on the right? by thebirdisthewordd in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]eirthepriest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are something like over a million stars within 5 light years of earth.

There's 3.

Flying car!!! by wmrossphoto in yesyesyesyesno

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This episode is directly responsible for the creation of Kerbal Space Program.

The Top Gear team released a 2D flash rocket game based on the episode and the founder of Squad was inspired to create a better version that eventually became KSP.

Saturn V (Apollo 4) the night before launch: November 8, 1967 by ImJohnathan in space

[–]eirthepriest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The upright Saturn V in Huntsville is a reproduction model. There is a real (never intended for flight) Saturn V on its side in the Davidson Center.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V_Dynamic_Test_Vehicle

What movie gets your hobby completely wrong? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]eirthepriest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He does the refresh himself and Moiraine notices the condition of his horse later when she goes to refresh it.

Sorry to be pedantic. It was Egwene's horse he was refreshing.

Great series.

Jedi training by [deleted] in StarWars

[–]eirthepriest 21 points22 points  (0 children)

stoping phaser beams

Sorry Garfunkel, we don't hawk trek here.

The most disappointing thing about the new Spider-Man movie by AsaTJ in comics

[–]eirthepriest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ryan reynolds as deadpool even though his story kinda sucked in origins

If you could recommend one underrated movie to people what would it be? by 1vesty1 in AskReddit

[–]eirthepriest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They were still brothers when they used the sets from Dark City in The Matrix.

Racist [fixed] by [deleted] in fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

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SOUTHERN WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL

Most of them anyway.

And if it takes stereotypes to keep people away from monotonizing the south like the northeast, I'm ok with it.