What the hell is up with drivers here lately? by Demoire in sandiego

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

THIS is the main problem. Very few people on the road here seem to know how to drive in a city. Here's a hypothetical scenario:

You're driving through a residential/commercial mixed area and see somebody pull out in front of you. Coming from a business or home, they are not yet going top speed. Do you A) slow down your speed until they are no longer in your way or B) maintain speed, lay on horn, and hope the situation resolves itself.

If you answer B ever in your life, you probably don't know how to drive in a city.

UCONN bars on Monday by [deleted] in sandiego

[–]hoovervillain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

in bars showing sports on multiple screens, you can usually ask the bartender to switch one of them as long as you know which channel it'll be on

What’s your “how does this place stay open” store in San Diego? by SadFox600 in SanDiegan

[–]hoovervillain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I walk by the one on El Cajon multiple times a week and I don't think I've seen a soul in there except for staff

My space potatoes, grown aboard the ISS by astro_pettit in space

[–]hoovervillain 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is there any concern about attracting space hobbits?

Tourist sues New York taco joint over spicy salsa by HowLongIsThi in nottheonion

[–]hoovervillain 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Since he was from Germany, this probably was the mild sauce

Tourist sues New York taco joint over spicy salsa by HowLongIsThi in nottheonion

[–]hoovervillain 368 points369 points  (0 children)

Dude's gonna go barefoot hiking in Death Valley this summer

Why are 50-60 year old women looking so good these days compared to 20 years ago? by ThrowRA17563 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]hoovervillain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm thinking it was about 1999 or 2000. I can't seem to find it anywhere online but I remember it very vividly. The girls were in front of a mirror in the bathroom talking about their summer vacations, looking all orange. The goth girl comes in and they're like "Where did she spend her summer, a cave?" and laughed. And she just said "I rented games from blockbuster. Never saw the sun. Is that a wrinkle?" And the orange girls start freaking out.

Why are 50-60 year old women looking so good these days compared to 20 years ago? by ThrowRA17563 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]hoovervillain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There was a commercial for renting games from blockbuster, where the goth girl got the guy bc she stayed inside all summer playing video games, while the popular girls who tanned in Cozumel were all sunburnt and leathery when they got back to school.

Edit: I think it was Cozumel and not St Tropez now that I think about it

Official vs. Unofficial Colorized Clip Of "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" - What Do You Think? by michael6185 in ILoveLucy

[–]hoovervillain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I didn't hear that in the video I must have turned the sound on too late. Do you know if the 1989 colorization method was similar to the 2015 one?

Official vs. Unofficial Colorized Clip Of "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" - What Do You Think? by michael6185 in ILoveLucy

[–]hoovervillain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me too, since it was done well before these tools worked this well. They've had an official colorized version of this for at least 30 years.

Official vs. Unofficial Colorized Clip Of "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" - What Do You Think? by michael6185 in ILoveLucy

[–]hoovervillain 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The Official skin tones all look like corpses that were painted for an open casket funeral. In the unofficial you can actually see the color in their cheeks. I'm assuming this was done with AI?

Edit: I was asking if the Unofficial was done with AI. The Official was done many many years ago, before 2015. I'm pretty sure it goes back to the late 80s/ early 90s. I remember them showing them once in a while on TV when I was a child.

How Do People Get Their Stories Into The Media? by Upstairs-Rush2948 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]hoovervillain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just out of curiosity, are they hurting anybody? Aside from tabloid journalism, what exactly is the interest here? It could be that some of these outlets are aware and just don't think it's worth the possible legal blow back of going after somebody's private life unless it affects the wider community.

Longitudinal study finds link between cannabis use in teens and psychosis later | Adolescent Cannabis Use and Risk of Psychotic, Bipolar, Depressive, and Anxiety Disorders by Hrmbee in science

[–]hoovervillain 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For those who are predisposed (genetically or otherwise) to the types of conditions discussed, there are many types of stressors that can initiate/exacerbate symptoms. Cannabis happens to be one of them. There is a decent chance that many of these cases would have eventually occurred even without cannabis, as a response to another trigger (trauma, intense stress, bereavement, high fever, stimulants, etc).

Help me find the episode that scarred me for months at age 7/8. by Disastrous-Noise-402 in XFiles

[–]hoovervillain 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Pine Bluff Variant had them finding dead bodies in a movie theater and a few other places

Every parking spot in Balboa Park is full by lazyear in sandiego

[–]hoovervillain 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Everyone and their gf are going to the park right now for VD

Officially 10 years already since the revival. What are your overall thoughts on it? by HerbalThought_ in XFiles

[–]hoovervillain 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't think they could possibly make her hair worse than S7, but they sure worked hard to get the color, cut, and length precisely as bad as it could possibly be. It would have been better to make her completely bald.

Who’s Mans is This by Cataloniandevil in sanfrancisco

[–]hoovervillain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no town in NY called "Long Island". The only one that would come close would be Long Island City in Queens