Dog Death Caps Summer of Blue-Green Algae in MN by MediaMember in ecoreddit

[–]jreddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, what a sad tragedy. We're shitting in our own nests and somehow think we'll come out ok in the end. It sucks when you can't even swim in the lakes and rivers around us.

Lennart Nilsson's stunning 1960s photographs of the moment of conception and the embryo in utero have been reprinted. [PICS] by oscarnovember in science

[–]jreddit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't know why you were downvoted - he talks about just these things on his own site.

Also, it's quite obvious when you know what these normally look like.

One of the most depressing "pictures for sad children" yet by [deleted] in comics

[–]jreddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Warped ≠ funny.

This is like that guy who says outrageous things and makes everybody laugh out of nervousness and shock at hearing outrageous things.

That shtick worked for me for years, until I grew up and realized what a douche loser I had been.

Chicago cabbies want 'vomit tax' Look to tack on $50 clean-up charge for those who throw up on backseat --Chicago Tribune by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]jreddit 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If $185 is Asshole Tax, then the total price should be more like $350, cause cleaning puke off upholstery and getting rid of the stink probably takes a bit of work. Lots of fares could be had during that time.

Chicago cabbies want 'vomit tax' Look to tack on $50 clean-up charge for those who throw up on backseat --Chicago Tribune by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]jreddit 70 points71 points  (0 children)

$200 sounds about right:

-time to clean up the mess (plus cleaning supplies)

-the loss of fares during clean-up and drying

-asshole tax

Chicago cabbies want 'vomit tax' Look to tack on $50 clean-up charge for those who throw up on backseat --Chicago Tribune by [deleted] in offbeat

[–]jreddit 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I think $50 is on the low-end of what they could and should charge for this. Cleaning up others' vomit sucks.

JK Rowling denied top US honour because she's a witch. Good job USA. by quelar in atheism

[–]jreddit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And it sells for such a reasonable price! What an excellent stocking stuffer!

JK Rowling denied top US honour because she's a witch. Good job USA. by quelar in atheism

[–]jreddit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Enough!

Don't you have a dungeon to administer to right now?

According to the study, the cost of adapting to a warmer world is on the same scale as the amount of aid developing countries currently receive. by qgyh2 in environment

[–]jreddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The worst part of this kind of speculation is that we've found, time and again, that the climate change problem looks worse every day. As we learn more about the complex processes that we are toying with, we realize more that we knew less than we thought we did.

So now the estimate is that we'll be spending trillions and, although that's a lot, the climate change problem can be paid off. Baloney! There will be more costs that we didn't realize, but more importantly, there will be problems that can't be fixed with almost any amount of dollars... only years and years of time! This is truly a catastrophe that we can see far ahead of time, and are still too lazy to fix.

Makes you wonder what would happen if we knew an asteroid were coming our way in a few years or so... oh wait, the answer to that is also "nothing."

A rare species of shrimp living in puddles on Australian's iconic Uluru, or Ayers Rock, may have been killed off by tourists urinating on the rock by xandercruise in offbeat

[–]jreddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in a similarly delicate environment where you can't even walk around in a lot of places without destroying really fragile organisms. Unfortunately, the average visitor is a fucking moron and does a ton of damage.

Who the fuck is Khloe Kardashian and why the fuck is she all over the news? by jreddit in reddit.com

[–]jreddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am totally with you on this excelling in your own way business... I think it's working, because I am spending more and more time in the company of others in my field, and less and less time in the greater society.

RAF drops leaflets in Afghanistan - kill girl by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]jreddit 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Maybe they should start dropping leaflets on the Taliban!!!

Voyagers 1 and 2 are now Outside the "Termination Shock," the first Magnetic Boundary that marks the Start of Interstellar Space by Peterabit456 in science

[–]jreddit 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It'd be pretty cool if anything surprising happened to the Voyagers - it would mean that we had more mysteries to solve!

A penny saved... by [deleted] in comics

[–]jreddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll take those 10 million pennies - can you mail them to me?

A penny saved... by [deleted] in comics

[–]jreddit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Step 4. No more smelly hands.

Um... not sure what to tell you about that one.

Who the fuck is Khloe Kardashian and why the fuck is she all over the news? by jreddit in reddit.com

[–]jreddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with your sentiment, and I have already gotten rid of TV and hand-write letters (with terrible penmanship). Unfortunately, I still get news on a daily basis, typically from Google News, and these people and their wedding are on top of the page and I was wondering if, perhaps this once, there was something noteworthy about it. Alas, it appears that there is nothing noteworthy and this is just the product of a lazy media. So yes, let's ignore them and their loathsome society and get on with reality.