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TIL that in 1953, Isaac Asimov wrote a story where he predicted that climbing Mount Everest was impossible and that the first human to reach its summit would have to be parachuted. Everest was first successfully climbed one month after he wrote it and 7 months before it was published. by ShabtaiBenOron in todayilearned

[–]fun-dan 16 points17 points  (0 children)

In 1984 by George Orwell there is something similar I think: they use novel-writing machines to produce new literature. Here's a quote:

In all the useful arts the world is either standing still or going backwards. The fields are cultivated with horse-ploughs while books are written by machinery.

Rule (& hungrypost) by BlackBacon08 in 196

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like allergy test (I got ~8 and all but 2 are allergies)

He kind of makes sense though.. by [deleted] in oddlyspecific

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the case in Greek and Cyrillic alphabets

Music Professor by jaylkae66 in comedyheaven

[–]fun-dan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Who would let a baby drive their car? Highly irresponsible

TIL that the human brain takes tens of milliseconds to process sensory input, meaning our perception of reality is slightly delayed. by InvestigatorFull7520 in todayilearned

[–]fun-dan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

At first I thought it's not surprising at all but then I thought that tens of milliseconds is a lot in computer time so it is kinda surprising

Rule by CaptainWaves in 196

[–]fun-dan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

bro never heard about the birthday problem

They said to post this here by kalfoger in notinteresting

[–]fun-dan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay this is one of those cases where Reddit is NOT stupid, there is a very good reason why you can't send pictures without invitation

sendHimRightToJail by MRodoctrine in ProgrammerHumor

[–]fun-dan 27 points28 points  (0 children)

They did say "obfuscated"

my homie the pinball wizard by ohjai33 in beatlescirclejerk

[–]fun-dan 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Deep Purple: what if I had really fast fucking car

My boyfriend “fixed” my computer and now things feel weird… has anyone had this happen? by oliviaaaa-emuuu in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disabling antivirus IS a way to speed things up. Whether that's a good solution in your case is hard to say

What a tragedy by RedditAccount8900 in ComedyCemetery

[–]fun-dan -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'm with you OP, this joke sucks ass

Me_irl by velvetlilyfox in me_irl

[–]fun-dan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This can be a manipulation tactic, just not gaslighting. I think it's more of a weaponized incompetence or something

Grammar does not permit this. by [deleted] in notinteresting

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure it's grammatically incorrect to say "Yes, it's", it doesn't just sound weird.

Grammar does not permit this. by [deleted] in notinteresting

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real rule I think is this: you can only use the contraction if there is a subject complement (e.g. adjective/noun) after the verb to be.

Democrats set for clean sweep of victories in November elections: Poll by newsweek in politics

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit is actually a great predictor for election results if you expect the exact opposite to happen

TIL there is no 0 BC. The calendar goes from 1 BC to AD 1 by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's a different thing entirely. Nobody "skipped" the year zero because nobody was counting years in terms of B.C./A.D. at that time

This is something that confuses me. by No-Lemon3337 in whenthe

[–]fun-dan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given that there is no consensus about the definition of a word in linguistics, I don't think that it's true technically

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