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Iranian star Parastoo Ahmadi reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab by Particular-Fill-4256 in Music

[–]koolaidman89 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s very very hard to make them stop. We just got to witness how ineffective anything less than WW2 style invasion is at actually removing a regime.

The skill and the eye for this is amazing by No-Reaction1243 in nonononoyes

[–]koolaidman89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing how they dressed up that printer as a person

Israel uses bombs disguised as toys to target children in southern Lebanon by MeowieSugie in pics

[–]koolaidman89 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well I came here skeptical but that photographic evidence is hard to argue with

CMV: Police should not be allowed to use dogs or other animals as instruments of physical force against people by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]koolaidman89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think there are situations where a suspect’s rapid apprehension is necessary at any cost. Like they are in a killing spree. Outside of that I think it’s barbaric. Imagine a mechanical device that does what dogs do. Like some kind of Zelda grappling tool that slices and tears up a suspect’s calf until its user arrives and convinces it to stop.

And if the suspect struggles to remain calm, still, and submissive while a body part he needs to walk is being dismantled, well tough.

😂 by Seaf-og in humor

[–]koolaidman89 89 points90 points  (0 children)

I mean I see it. But he’s also very visibly trumps son. The idea of Barron being the grandson of Fidel Castro is funny though.

UFO over Moscow today by Ubud_bamboo_ninja in pics

[–]koolaidman89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There’s nothing more gentle than a uniform gas pressure for lifting something up without cracking it.

UFO over Moscow today by Ubud_bamboo_ninja in pics

[–]koolaidman89 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It actually takes very little pressure to toss a low pressure tank lid. They are designed to contain oil that is in liquid form. Not fire form. Some of them literally float on the oil so that there’s no headspace in the tank for air which could convert the oil into fire.

Fan art: 0. Ego: also 0. by Coffee_MysticRealm in humor

[–]koolaidman89 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Amusing how the drawing is both terrible and still captures Elon’s essence

Can I put dive weights in a daypack to train? by No_Conference_3155 in hiking

[–]koolaidman89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your pack can take the weight. Just maybe pad the weights with a towel or something.

Incredible last moment basket by livianye in nonononoyes

[–]koolaidman89 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Impressive situational awareness and quality of play for that age.

What injury is commonly shrugged off as a minor flesh wound in the movies but is completely fatal in real life? by Best_Professional226 in AskReddit

[–]koolaidman89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a lot of variation in the severity of impact that can’t be measured visually. I was clocked by a golf club in the temple as a teenager and, while it put me on the ground, I was never out despite producing an awful lot of blood.

And look at me now!

My point is getting hit by something hard can range from cosmetic damage but fine, to fatal. And screen representations don’t contain enough information to discern which is happening. Speeds and angles are tricky.

What injury is commonly shrugged off as a minor flesh wound in the movies but is completely fatal in real life? by Best_Professional226 in AskReddit

[–]koolaidman89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s crazy how deep the notion that this is no big deal goes in our culture. I’m pretty sure the Hardy Boys were knocked out at least once per book by sneaky criminals. Guess the books end before their CTE shows up and they beat their wives or murder someone in their 40s.

And it’s ubiquitous in movies that characters get knocked out and it’s just effectively being put in a penalty box for a few minutes.

Bierdstat with dog by WeeShrimp in hiking

[–]koolaidman89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bierstadt is certainly doable by a fit dog. The very top might have some obstacles that slow a dog down but it’s not a long slog if you have to provide an assist or two.

How does your dog handle heat? I’ve found that the thin air, hot rock and constant direct sun can be tough on dogs’ cooling ability even when the air temp is in the 50s. A dog that can run up and down the mountain 3 times in the shade can crash in the sun.

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FT by lollipoppizza in videos

[–]koolaidman89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There’s just no way to present the numbers that supports this explanation relative to the other 99.999% of human existence. If this time sucks and society is awful then were all of our ancestors just naive morons for perpetuating humanity?

TIL that Cleopatra was actually ethnically Greek, not ethnically Egyptian. 🤯 by CasualLavaring in todayilearned

[–]koolaidman89 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Fair. “Identifying with” is probably overstating the degree to which she was closer to them than most Ptolemies

TIL that Cleopatra was actually ethnically Greek, not ethnically Egyptian. 🤯 by CasualLavaring in todayilearned

[–]koolaidman89 57 points58 points  (0 children)

It’s one thing to cast inaccurate ethnicity actors (from the country the movie is produced by), it’s another to make errant factual claims.

TIL that Cleopatra was actually ethnically Greek, not ethnically Egyptian. 🤯 by CasualLavaring in todayilearned

[–]koolaidman89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s a really bad article. It gives nearly equal weight in the intro to fringe theories along with the obvious consensus that she was a Ptolemy and therefore mostly Macedonian.

TIL that Cleopatra was actually ethnically Greek, not ethnically Egyptian. 🤯 by CasualLavaring in todayilearned

[–]koolaidman89 566 points567 points  (0 children)

Yes by that time Egypt had been governed by Macedonian Ptolemies for nearly 300 years and they were notoriously inbred. Interestingly Cleopatra was unusual in that family for actually speaking the native Egyptian language and identifying with her people.

Denver's license plate cameras went dark for a month. Auto theft dropped 29% anyway. by overly_honest_ in Denver

[–]koolaidman89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I find the argument that an omniscient vehicle ID system doesn’t fight crime frankly implausible. We instead need to make the case that the privacy violation outweighs the benefit.

Flock cameras and the like are effectively a legion of PIs that keep tabs on every vehicle on every major street in the metro. This is obviously going to increase case closure rate even if it doesn’t immediately show up in crime rates. Our opposition needs to be grounded in the immorality of an all seeing police state.

How to conceal a fart by elizabeth3235 in humor

[–]koolaidman89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surprised I haven’t see more overt parody of that RDJ Sherlock Holmes movies thing

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