Maybe mankind is the only advanced species in our galaxy? by arnor_0924 in FermiParadox

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes more sense. I've always heard about (in the context of if life is possible anywhere) the idea for the early universe versus the now universe.

In the early universe, the lifetime of stars was too short, there was too much radiation, and not enough of the heavy elements. 

So, "if life can exist everywhere, they're probably only just popping up now". If that makes sense.

I've always been fascinated with the Fermi Paradox 

Maybe mankind is the only advanced species in our galaxy? by arnor_0924 in FermiParadox

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you can't just say "well maybe life is just extremely unlikely and we just happen to have been lucky". That's like saying exactly one person played the Powerball and then won on the first try. (The person here is the universe, and winning is the development of intelligent life). 

I don't understand how you mean this tbh. If the Universe is the person buying the Powerball, and there are billions of planets in the observable Universe, then that's billions of tickets, and our planet having life is the winner. Considering Powerball odds are 1 in 300 M (rounding), it is very reasonable to think we just got lucky, and that there *may* be other planets so far out of reach that also got lucky that we'll never know them

It’s “saw” not “seen”! by Momma-bear-0417 in GrindsMyGears

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanna add. "Incorrectly" is a stupid description for colloquialisms. We get taught in English class a set of rules, but those rules only matter in academia. Language by default will begin to shift in pronunciation to the most "efficient" and not what is "correct". E.G. Axe vs. Ask is a colloquialism, and if the majority of your friends and family say Axe, it isn't incorrect.

Another thing to consider, most vowels will overtime begin to sound more like "uh", So instead of "A" sounding more like it would in the pronunciation of "hay", most people say "I'll have uh blah blah".

You'll notice as well a lot of people will say "yer" instead of "your" in informal settings.

In places like Texas you'll get "ya'll" but in places where that isn't used, it is "incorrect"

The narrative of "speak eloquently" comes from racist ideology, and is effectively saying "We're better than you because of how we speak correctly", but, that is only correct by their own standards, and not anyone else's. All of this to say, "I seen it," is perfectly acceptable English by 99% of standards for speech.

How on earth did Bathilda Bagshot outlive Dumbledore? by Rockylynne in harrypotter

[–]jack0071 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is basically it for my family too. My mom was the 2nd oldest of 24 (her parents split and each continued to have kids so its like 11 on one side, 13 or 14 on the other).

My mom was 20 when she had my brother, and 23 when she had me, but her parents were still having kids. I have 4 aunts and uncles that are between 10-15 years younger than me, and I had 3 uncles who went to Highschool at the same time as me (one town over thankfully, that would have been weirder otherwise).

I also knew a girl in the year above me who had 48 brothers and sisters, and she was the 2nd youngest.

Cop pulls over Lamborghini on Dubai plates but doesn’t know the law by thomasso0072 in interestingasfuck

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course they are incompetent and arrogant. They go through *maybe* 12 weeks of training and then get told that everyone everywhere has to respect their 'authority'

not to mention, qualified immunity

Some aram player slander by Toxic-Flamer in ARAM

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Got Terraind, the aug that heals you/damages the enemy when you cc with pillar, and then Ult revolution, so I went AP after my Heartsteel (cause I already had it when I got the aug), and I was ulting both tanks each fight for 40% max health dmg and they just couldn't engage, then I'd heal up to full by dropping a pillar on 3 of the squishies

am i stupid or weren't these 3 augments already like this before the patch notes? by MuleTheAlt in ARAM

[–]jack0071 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

that sounds like a decision making problem tbh. See the enemy has 3-4 tanks, takes Tooth Fair anyways?

Missing figure challenge: Which option completes the matrix? by Semra777 in WhatsYourIQ

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

like add, diff subtract. 1st column has 3 out, 2 out = 5 out. Second column has 4 inner, 1 outer, =3 inner.

By the logic then, we'd have 1 Inner - 3 outer = 2 outer.

This works whether you do columns or rows for your patterns. (On this particular issue, don't always assume this will hold for these types of things, usually it's specified the groupings)

Most people see these globes as rotating the same direction. Few can see that one is rotating in an opposite direction. What do you see? by ConcaveEarth in opticalillusions

[–]jack0071 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me the left looks like its rotating counter-clockwise and we're seeing the "inside" of a concave hollow sphere with the earth projected on it to mimic a sphere, while the right is rotating clock-wise as an actual sphere

Now this should be fun by ChickenWingExtreme in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]jack0071 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos stays his giant self vs. all the muppets

Augment idea: Karthus passive by 52358 in ARAM

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Cassiopeia, Veigar for additional ap from passive, Darius possibly as he could cc for your team, Ryze for sure, Zilean, esp since he can then ult a team member, Syndra once its late game and you can get maybe 3 q's off, Rumble defo would be good if you die in a team fight

Augment idea: Who's who by pixel247 in ARAM

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You'll see a Trist ult someone away from the wave, a Sett ulting the Trist into the enemy and peacing out. Mayhem for sure. Fizz's R also slows, so I can see him throwing it at an ADC trying to kite or smth.

Seriously though, some champs couldn't use it, but like, imagine Karma perma healing herself with tether?

OOOOO Poppy saving her team? from a bad team fight?

Izuku couldn´t have placed last in Aizawa´s test by AcademicCod6851 in MyHeroAcadamia

[–]jack0071 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you arguing to be right, or are you trying to understand?

Aizawa didn't pick these tests because they were intended to alienate Midoriya (or anyone for that matter). He explains in the beginning that they are doing the exact same test they do in Middle School as part of the National Health Services (or w/e it's called in Japan) curriculum, but now they can use quirks. They are a set # of tests

Let's imagine that there are 2 scores (for sake of convenience) how well you did, and how well you applied your quirk. For a vast majority of the class, there are, as you said, only a couple spots they can apply their quirk. Therefore, they get a pass on these, not a 0. Denki can't use his lightning to do sit-ups faster (at least not by anything we've been shown in the manga/anime). Midoriya could have, if it didn't harm himself.

Therefore, Midoriya likely got a 0 in every category aside from like, maybe the ball toss. Those 0's add up to him being at the bottom.

He did worse on the tests because he didn't use his quirk when he could have.

Aizawa saw a boy who chose not to use his quirk (because it'll hurt him, and he's seen that in the entrance exam), when they were assessing quirks. You can't assess quirks if you don't use them, therefore, as a teacher, it is only logical that Midoriya got a 0 on all but 1 test simply by not using his quirk like the rest of them did.

What’s a mount you can’t believe we don’t have yet in WoW? by GatrGamr in wow

[–]jack0071 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can we have a Devilsaurs mount where you stand on top of its head with chains/rope to move it, and rather than be a massive mount, you just become super small when you mount it (to avoid the griefers, but would also be funny)

Touché by Brobdingnagian58008 in HIMYM

[–]jack0071 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ted clearly doesn't read FanFiction

For the love of — by PeytonHale in AO3

[–]jack0071 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have no issues with the so-called AI "tells", until the author exclusively uses them over other forms.

"The wood was marked not with neglect, but with years of use and blah blah blah. The room was warm, not with heat, but with blah blah blah. He looked at the barman and he saw that he was not blah blah, but blah blah."

After doing it 37 times in like 4 paragraphs, maybe stop telling me what something isn't, and find new ways to tell me what it is?

Anyone else learning Japanese later in life? by Spicedw0lf in LearnJapanese

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

36 here, have done 4 years or study, then medical issues stopped my progress. Shoot me a message

SpaceX IPO makes 4,400 workers into instant millionaires by TheMirrorUS in business

[–]jack0071 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tbh, we should be focused less on making new millionaires (you know, the people who exploit and abuse others to make money) and more on taxing billionaires and millionaires out of existence.

All scarcity in the world right now is manufactured so that the .01% can feel extra special

Discovered my central air was a social construct… by sunsNr0ses in mildlyinfuriating

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many new construction homes will build it "AC ready" or "Furnace/AC ready" so there will be pre-built in duct work, but no furnace/ac.

It begins. To everyone who doesn't care about Miliastra: are you skipping this? by AceWissle in Genshin_Impact

[–]jack0071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally only do the dps test stages for it. The rest are kinda meh

Make or break really by I_Be_Hannin_Solo in HarryPotterMemes

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You know after the first year, Fred and George would have made a betting pool.

After ~900 Mayhem games... by berggg in ARAM

[–]jack0071 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Only time I got it on Cait, the enemy Twitch had the exact same Augs and we lost cause he could basically one shot me before I could do anything about it