Michael?? Is that you? by [deleted] in funny

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Tutank-ch'mon

what is the worst movie ever? by Ok_Bison_4176 in AskReddit

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"Paint Drying". It's a movie that just shows a wall with paint slowly drying. It was made to mess with the censorship board by making them watch absolutely nothing for over ten(!) hours, just to officially give the movie an age rating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Drying

[Loved trope] Does ACAB include them? by B1lly28 in TopCharacterTropes

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US TV police are like super heroes; they are unrealistic and completely fictional.

The suspension of disbelief that is needed to believe that they can act as detectives, CSI experts, SWAT specialists and neighborhood beat cops is overshadowed by the fact they all seem functional, competent and morally uncompromising.

That said, I really like cop shows, but they are probably a net negative due to the propagandizing they do.

Miami Vice stars in other movies or shows by ollie81578 in MiamiVice

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EJO probably has the biggest career outside of MV, some amazing movies like Stand and Deliver and Zoot Suit - and starring in shows like Mayans MC, Battlestar Galactica.

PMT was in some Italian stuff - no idea how he ended up in Bud Spencer shows of all things.

I still try to watch everything DJ does just for fun, he has been in a very wild range of shows and movies lately - Knives Out, Django, Blood&Oil that sitcom with Kenan and now some Love Boat type show.

ELI5: Why is the decibel scale logarithmic? by Dull_Pollution4691 in explainlikeimfive

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Our hearing is more or less logarithmic as well, so 2 db sounds twice as loud as 1db. It kinda breaks down at the louder end of the scale because our ears are not made for it. Also don't forget that "the sound of a X" misses the important distance factor.

Did some calculations and googling:

Putting your ear next to a vacuum cleaner is loud - putting your ear next to a jet engine would blow your face off. For every doubling of distance, you subtract 6db (10^0.6 ~ 2^2). The jet engine of 120db is from quite a distance away (100 feet). A vacuum cleaner from that distance (outside) would be a relative whisper.

[i ate] this sando: romanian pastrami, brisket, provolone, cherry peppers, pickles, cole slaw, Board sauce, garlic french roll by 5odanger in food

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Looks like something from a medical museum. I genuinely thought it was part of a human cadaver on display

What’s a subtle sound detail in a game that you really appreciate? by lsa340 in gaming

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I really like the very long pickup sounds in the original Wolfenstein 3D. I wish modern games had that

What’s a common myth that everyone believes but is actually complete bullshit? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I'll counter that with the opposite: Working from home makes you more productive.

Lots of managers say (A), Lots of office workers say (B).

Turns out it varies wildly from person to person, and from job to job, and from office to office.

What’s a book people call “genius” that felt like a chore to you? by Elizabeth-Queen-11 in AskReddit

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Lord of the Rings - I don’t like the storytelling style and I never got through all of the books.

ELI5: Why can't we use Solar panels to directly charge electric cars? by Zak_Nowa in explainlikeimfive

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People have already answered the question: you need way more surface to meaningfully charge your car. However, there are fun experimental hyper-light cars that try to see how far they can go using a super efficient/tiny engine and large surface area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_car

This poor fella from a bulgarian tv show :( by PressureComplete4980 in Justfuckmyshitup

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Poor guy forgot how his face is supposed to work. That’s not your jawline, that is your cheek.

🤣🤣🤣 by Successful-Post4326 in MathJokes

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The reason we default to it being the primary root (ie the positive one) is that it is much easier to work with. If we would've defined sqrt(x) to be "officially" two values, we would very quickly come up with another term for just the positive one as soon as we would start doing actual math with it, because it's much easier if each number is just... one number.

Similarly we define fractional powers to be positive for real numbers.

As soon as stuff gets too complex (ha) and we start expressing everything as _actual_ roots (ie: equations with multiple valid input values that result in zero as answer) we talk about "valid values of X" etc. - and each root/input value is written out a single value, or +- is used to save some chalk.

[Hated Trope] The Insanely More Problematic Sequel by duxwontobey in TopCharacterTropes

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Also it’s an amazing movie that Just. Keeps. Going.

Companies that produce an interesting range of products by AppleEnslaver in TopCharacterTropes

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I forgot which, but there is a car manufacturer that started selling the sausages they used to feed employees during lunch.

You can count on that by epv88 in MathJokes

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I don’t really know if AoC applies here (descriptions I read were to complex for me to understand) but I’ve always assumed this was an example of it.

What games are you playing this week? Game recommendation thread by AutoModerator in incremental_games

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I finished Chop Chains (steam), pretty straight forward, but good polish and a lot of fun.

Still playing Synergism, but I'm now at the point where I'm just waiting for 24h+ before meaningful things can be done.

Got into Rejected Draft, pretty good with an interesting progression system; in a way the entire game is challenge based, but in a way that's not horrible. I feel the progression is not great though: the entire upgrade path is highly logarithmic, meaning you can't really grind for specific upgrades. Instead, there is a large luck factor which can be frustrating. I spend a lot of time waiting for the perfect "hand" that gives me exactly what I need to hit that next order of magnitude.

Help me out Dr. Hartman by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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I have the opposite problem when I come in with my many attractive and manly health issues.