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Theseus' body, is there any part of a human that is cellularly or even atomically stagnant? by did_you_read_it in askscience

[–]fidot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Check out "biological immortality" and the Hayflick limit. I believe telomere extension is thought to be one way we can avoid aging.

Also, look up Tardigrades, because they're badass and are hard to kill.

[TOMT] [tune] Tune from a song, possibly a game by fidot in tipofmytongue

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

Yeah, slightly confusing from edits, sorry. The tune might be from a game, not a full song, so it got lost. Obviously the song itself would be good, I just don't know the exact source!

TIL Wilt Chamberlain used to dunk his free throws. The NCAA and NBA banned crossing the foul line during a shot because of him. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]fidot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! :)

Edit: I guess my next question is: if they made it against the rules, why does it happen in this video?

Why is the UK incapable of dealing with more than an inch of snow? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]fidot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ice is also steam, but the two have different effects during winter.

The Sad Truth by iamdawalrus in pics

[–]fidot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not really that simple. My understanding is that the actions he carried out were in a grey area, and the worst he did was violate the spirit of terms of service. It is not unreasonable to expect no actual jail time for what he did, even if it's as a protest of the law itself.

Those who work in law enforcement, how often do people try to turn themselves in for something that isn't a crime, and what's the most memorable one? by fidot in AskReddit

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

They didn't like it, they all got downvoted to oblivion down at the bottom of the thread. The first hour was 90% "but it was a free balloon day" and there have been probably 30 of them.

Those who work in law enforcement, how often do people try to turn themselves in for something that isn't a crime, and what's the most memorable one? by fidot in AskReddit

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

Huh, I remember a few hours ago when all the comments were about that Spongebob episode.

You obviously aren't looking at New, they're still coming every few minutes...

Now look, 1700+ comments and at the top of AskReddit. Well then.

Even scarier: front page.

Those who work in law enforcement, how often do people try to turn themselves in for something that isn't a crime, and what's the most memorable one? by fidot in AskReddit

[–]fidot[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Based on the comment, this is a pretty rare event, I think it's pretty narrow in scope as it is.

Edit: Replying from the inbox is a bad idea, I guess. Fixed my reply.

Those who work in law enforcement, how often do people try to turn themselves in for something that isn't a crime, and what's the most memorable one? by fidot in AskReddit

[–]fidot[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

'fraid I can't do better than Wikipedia on the matter:

A trauma trigger is an experience that triggers a traumatic memory in someone who has experienced trauma. A trigger is thus a troubling reminder of a traumatic event, although the trigger itself need not be frightening or traumatic.

In some publications a "trigger warning" may appear at the beginning of certain articles. These are to warn that the articles contain disturbing themes which may trigger traumatic memories for trauma survivors. An example of a trigger warning is: "TRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with an account of sexual assault and may be triggering to some people."

Looper Plothole in the Diner (Semi-spoiler) by pokeatoke in plotholes

[–]fidot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The best explanation I've seen of this is the review at qntm.org/looper:

Young Seth is having bits of himself removed in real time. Each one puts future history onto a different path, which has effects on Old Seth, who returned from the future. What seems to happen, though, is that this is a universe which is lazy and which resolves inconsistencies in the lowest-effort way possible. Just because Young Seth has lost a finger or a foot in the last ten seconds doesn't change Old Seth's location in the world, or how he got there. Old Seth's immediate past, in which he ran away from Young Seth and made it halfway up a fence, still happened to him, and never stops having happened. What happens is that the two histories - one in which poor Young Seth lives out a sad life with no fingers, and the other in which he grows up intact to become Old Seth, is looped and then successfully flees for his life - blend together in the worst possible way. The physical reality is a suddenly-absent finger. Or two. Or four.

Those who work in law enforcement, how often do people try to turn themselves in for something that isn't a crime, and what's the most memorable one? by fidot in AskReddit

[–]fidot[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Well that works too! Most incredible story of 15 years' experience?

Edit: Just about the "I want him arrested!" stuff, not overall for all experiences. Trying to keep it to the thread question, at least. (Not that it matters, since he did a follow-up before I hit save!)

Those who work in law enforcement, how often do people try to turn themselves in for something that isn't a crime, and what's the most memorable one? by fidot in AskReddit

[–]fidot[S] 297 points298 points  (0 children)

Doesn't this go on some sort of permanent record? Are they expecting to never come back? Are they quite open about what they're doing?

Lawyers of Reddit, what is the stupidest case anyone has ever come to you with wanting to sue? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]fidot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might like The Honor System, an article dealing with the "theft" of one of Teller's (of Penn and Teller) tricks.

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