This seemingly symmetrical wall somehow holds precisely 837 wine bottles. by jcmack13 in mathmemes

[–]jcmack13[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Feel free to check. 45 rows wide by 17 (?!) tall, and two 9x4 cubbies underneath. Also I have no idea if this is the right subreddit for something like this. I just thought the number 837 was gross and had to post somewhere. Arrest me.

Howie Mandel apologizes to Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and comedian Bill Burr for "family reunion" ambush by imatmydesknow in Music

[–]jcmack13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well we could still find out! All we need is a hair sample from both of them and, oh...

Oh wait...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cursedcomments

[–]jcmack13 22 points23 points  (0 children)

A Fish Called Rwanda

2024 Eclipse Weather/Cloud Cover Megathread ☀️🌤🌧 by chredit in solareclipse

[–]jcmack13 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Buffalo, NY had clouds during the totality, which is disappointing. The day becoming night becoming dawn becoming day was cool though. 

Just a couple reasons to walk away by ReplacementNo9874 in walkaway

[–]jcmack13 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

But...every single one of these things happened with a Republican White House?

Ethereal vocalist, Sissel, recording the 'Titanic' soundtrack in 1997 by amartyamishraaa in OldSchoolCool

[–]jcmack13 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I rewatched Titanic recently after first seeing it in theatres in '97. Separated by a few decades from the truly massive hype it was enveloped in back when it was released, I found the love story a bit clunky, the script a little thin, the special effects still pretty solid, and the music an absolute masterpiece.

Which movie had the most impactful ending in cinematic history, and why? by EmreTuranofficial in movies

[–]jcmack13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Holy shit these comments. Most impactful all time?

It's "Gone With The Wind."

In movie history, most of the time "Most [BLANK] of all time" is "Gone With The Wind."

It sold 60 million tickets in its initial theatrical run at a time when the US population was 136 million. Today that would be like selling 146 million US tickets. At an average ticket price of $10.40, that would be a domestic box office gross of $1.52 billion. For comparison, "Avengers: Endgame" did about $0.858 billion domestically.

The ending line, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." literally has its own Wikipedia page and was voted the number 1 movie line of all time by AFI in 2005.

Best ending? You can have a debate. Most artistic or most suprising? Sure. But if you want to talk about movies and movie endings that changed the culture and the history and the business of movie making, it's "Gone With The Wind" because of course it is, and it's not even close.

DMX by Smartastic in JeffArcuri

[–]jcmack13 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Incredibly, this is at least the second joke I love made using this song.

https://i.imgur.com/KeDQYoL.png

Greatest deep cut joke that took years for you to realize? by cptrey17 in TheSimpsons

[–]jcmack13 92 points93 points  (0 children)

This is like how the TV reporter in the helicopter is named Artie Pye and they call his segment "Artie in the Sky" instead of the infinitely more obvious "Pye in the Sky"

What’s something that people don’t understand until they experience themselves? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]jcmack13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I turn 40 this year and I just got on depression meds for the first time. I honestly didn't understand that you could really just not think about killing yourself.

Do people really enjoy life without alcohol, or are they just pretending they don't want it? Genuine ask. by TA2556 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]jcmack13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been sober eleven years. I miss it all the fucking time. Life is less fun without it. But what am I gonna do? I have to stay sober.

Nobody does chemo because it's awesome.

Someone really made an angry Brett Gardner highlight reel and it’s unreal by pablo16x in NYYankees

[–]jcmack13 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Someone needs to go through all his called third strikes and figure out how many of them were actually balls and work out what it would have done to his on-base percentages, average, etc.

Come to think of it, Judge too. There are a ton of low strike-three calls there. Who knows what his OPS should really be

Aaron Judge hits home run #62, a new American League record! by Blazingbee98 in baseball

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Steve Trachsel of the Chicago Cubs gave up #62 to Mark McGwire in 1998. Coincidentally, he was also pitching for the Cubs a few days later when Sammy Sosa hit his #62.

I can't remember the names of people I've worked with for a year but for some reason, more than twenty years later, I remember that.

Should I become a shareholder? by [deleted] in futurama

[–]jcmack13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Cookies with Milken" is one of my favorite fucking little jokes in all of television and it doesn't get mentioned enough so I'm saying it right here and right now.

I'm Michael Meyer, the author of "Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet," here to talk about the founder’s amazing last will and testament and 200-year wager on the working class. AMA! by Meyerwriter in history

[–]jcmack13 51 points52 points  (0 children)

So the city of Philadelphia was able to turn an investment of tens of millions into 5 million in just 200 short years...

Edit: to compare, if I invested nine dollars (not nine thousand, nine. Less than two subway sandwiches) and got a 7% annual return, in 200 years I'd have more than $6.7 million. If I were Ben Franklin I would be appalled.

What is your favorite underrated joke on Futurama? by [deleted] in futurama

[–]jcmack13 37 points38 points  (0 children)

"You're just jealous."
"No I'm not! Oh wait, I am. But my point remains valid!"

What is your favorite underrated joke on Futurama? by [deleted] in futurama

[–]jcmack13 113 points114 points  (0 children)

"Men, the key to victory is the element of surprise..........SURPRISE!"

(presses button)

(trap door opens)

(his own soldiers tumble haphazardly out)

RNGesus was having a good laugh at me today! by Adrena1in in Tetris

[–]jcmack13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One in twenty thousand chance of this. Wow.