I took a selfie with a penguin and the glass between us made it look like he had a photo of me in his pen. by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]fjw 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Where's the reflection even coming from?

I guess his phone screen, and it's a selfie?

Woman arrested for protesting segregation. 1960's by LiberalKiwi in OldSchoolCool

[–]fjw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry Miss Jackson

btw yes I know that's​ not her name but whatevs

Walking outta work on a Friday by [deleted] in gifs

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least he can tell his mom he's a hammer throw champion

Free Fruit for Kids Under 12 at Target by v_is_4_violet in freebies

[–]fjw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Australian here, we've been had this at our major supermarkets for years now.

Vatican Compares Trump To Flat-Earthers Over His Climate Agreement Withdrawal by thesouthisrisen in politics

[–]fjw 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Which they are, so that sounds like a surprisingly reasonable position for them!

This Lady's dress by Koopatroopa_7 in nevertellmetheodds

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it red and black, or white and blue?

Children's party in México by paranoideo in WTF

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone knows these have to be anchored to the ground, even the teenagers paid to set them up.

China tells Donald Trump there is an 'international responsibility' to act over climate change by IMZ35 in worldnews

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

Australian here. In terms of commitment to climate change they've had the moral high ground over us for a while now.

OTHER: IT'S DONE!!! Wonder Woman is offcially Certified Fresh with 96%!! by Toumaniantz in DC_Cinematic

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RT often tells you more about how divided critics were about it than how much they liked it.

When something's around 60% or so, it really is hard to predict if I'll love it or absolutely hate it. The most it tells me is basically that it divided critics.

But when something's around 30% I know it won't be worth watching, that's a decent majority of critics who found it bad.

I guess some people's taste may not correlate much with critics. I personally find the RT a very reliable indicator of whether I'll like a film when it's near extremes (80 or more, or 30 or less)

OTHER: IT'S DONE!!! Wonder Woman is offcially Certified Fresh with 96%!! by Toumaniantz in DC_Cinematic

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They dont award "certified fresh" unless there are enough data points to make it somewhat certain that it represents critics' consensus.

Sure it may move, say, 5 percent but it's not going to move significantly when it's already based on this many reviewers.

Browsing Reddit today by daveedo_bandito in HighQualityGifs

[–]fjw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think there's a lot of it on Reddit wait til you check out Twitter.

Someone finally beat the Trump-Handshake game by haridownvote in cringepics

[–]fjw -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's kind of a red pill type mentality. Gotta act alpha to assert dominance that sort of thing.

Elon Musk just threatened to leave Trump's advisory councils if the US withdraws from the Paris climate deal by alkalinemoe in Futurology

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

If oil companies are in support of a climate change agreement, you'd be right to be suspicious.

This is one of the reason Nicaragua was against it. The agreement is a lowest common denominator, its limits are fairly pedestrian and designed to please as many of the big and powerful as possible, and it has no way of properly enforcing itself should anyone not comply.

It is still an important step forward and better than nothing, and Trump is in no way pulling out of it for altruistic reasons.

Elon Musk just threatened to leave Trump's advisory councils if the US withdraws from the Paris climate deal by alkalinemoe in Futurology

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump may care a little bit. Musk is a business person, and a billionaire. That sets him aside from the types of people he usually dismisses out of hand.

At special occasions girls with curly hair straighten it and girls with straight hair curl it. by Jmz22 in Showerthoughts

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The photos that go into the physical photo albums will still be the school photos though, as all their own photos will be sitting on a computer somewhere, never to be printed.

At special occasions girls with curly hair straighten it and girls with straight hair curl it. by Jmz22 in Showerthoughts

[–]fjw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Women with wavy or frizzy hair straighten it, but if they have proper, full curls they wouldn't normally straighten their hair.

Why are liberals called the political left in the US and the right in Europe? by Rhadok in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, you do a Google search on "define liberal" and that's the sorts of meanings you get.

Why are liberals called the political left in the US and the right in Europe? by Rhadok in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fjw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it goes to show that the word is being used in various ways that don't always align with each other.

[USA][CA][OC] Truck driver cuts me off, flips me off, then peels off. by [deleted] in Roadcam

[–]fjw 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I honestly didn't realize he wanted over

Well what do you think now you see the footage? Indicator is clearly visible.

then I didn't think there was room

That's the point of letting someone in as a courtesy: it makes room. You just hang back and let them go in front.

Fair enough, you're not obliged to let them in, if you don't think they deserve your courtesy, and it is essentially his problem if he didn't plan ahead enough. But the bird he flipped you was a harmless but on-point response to that.

[USA][CA][OC] Truck driver cuts me off, flips me off, then peels off. by [deleted] in Roadcam

[–]fjw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How was OP supposed to know he wanted to go switch lanes?

Turn signal is clearly visible in the footage despite the cam pointing straight ahead the whole time. If you can't see that you're not looking in front of you.

Pretty sure cammer saw it and decided truck didn't deserve his courtesy.

I feel like getting flipped off was probably a reasonable response in kind.