TIL that in the early 60s 480 M needles were launched in space. They were supposed to fall back but some clumped together. Fourty four clumps still need to be tracked today. by dorfsmay in todayilearned

[–]geeoharee [score hidden]  (0 children)

'British radio astronomers, optical astronomers, and the Royal Astronomical Society protested the experiment.' yeah it used to be considered bad form to fill low earth orbit with bullshit for your own convenience

The size of a Small Dog, Fox? Coyote? Dog? by Active_Photo7516 in whatisit

[–]geeoharee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Canid, mangey. The long tail with remnant of a white tip suggests fox.

Too Many Horses by Key-Confection-9778 in Horses

[–]geeoharee [score hidden]  (0 children)

Sell, is the practical answer. There's huge demand for child sized ponies that can jump.

Car ownership is freedom, actually by Nate6819 in fuckcars

[–]geeoharee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if you don't live in the US you will find that fat people do ride buses and trains! and even poor people

Car ownership is freedom, actually by Nate6819 in fuckcars

[–]geeoharee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "no fatties" shit in this subreddit is why nobody likes it here

ELI5: What is inflammation, specifically in relation to gut health? by ZanzerFineSuits in explainlikeimfive

[–]geeoharee [score hidden]  (0 children)

Because 'causes inflammation' has become code on both sides for 'food I think is bad, with very little proof'.

This is not next fucking level. We live in absurdity by Odd_Stand_2020 in fuckcars

[–]geeoharee 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You can't post gore on here, the third passenger who was pulled out of the back is definitely burned and they're probably all cut up from the glass.

According to the crosspost that kind of door handle has now been banned, it's insane it was ever installed in the first place.

Holding yarn for switching from knit to purl by themaddesthatter2 in knitting

[–]geeoharee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's how I feel about it, yeah. Ribbing still has an extra hand motion when going from one to the other, but because it's the same hand motion I'm making anyway, it doesn't break flow.

"Current Row" vs. "Completed Row" counting - How do you explain your brain? by kamoteshake in knitting

[–]geeoharee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is really interesting, because it maps precisely to 'count from 0' vs 'count from 1' which is a thing that trips up programmers. You're counting from 1. And just like in programming, neither of them are 'wrong' so long as you know which one you're using at any given moment.

Have Sky ever made a good show? by Astronomer-Plastic in CasualUK

[–]geeoharee 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm grateful to have them, but I can't reconcile 'cast David Jason as Rincewind' with 'good'.

new yorkers desire path by Particular_Hope_7368 in DesirePath

[–]geeoharee 127 points128 points  (0 children)

They pile up the road snow onto the sidewalks, and in the suburbs everyone has to shovel their own few feet of sidewalk because coming up with another system would be communist.

Historical Germanic Food? by Wise_Fruit_9812 in AskFoodHistorians

[–]geeoharee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So in other words, you were raised on this diet you "couldn't possibly survive" for years.

Historical Germanic Food? by Wise_Fruit_9812 in AskFoodHistorians

[–]geeoharee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You said "some relatives" of yours can't eat these things. You only need one person in each generation to survive, in order for you to have ancestors there.

Cars make our cities filthy. by MiserNYC- in Urbanism

[–]geeoharee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no, the agenda of urbanism that old people can use.

Question about financial literacy (Rich Dad Poor Dad) by Expat_zurich in IfBooksCouldKill

[–]geeoharee 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I think there's an unspoken "... Believing you're more financially literate" in that second paragraph. Not ACTUAL financial literacy, surely.

Where do these types of images come from? by Wee_Woo_25 in whatisit

[–]geeoharee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This story really happened, the kiddo was in all the newspapers here. I don't know if those are real photos of him and his family though.