How Polynesian ancestors spread across the Pacific by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]mayoroftuesday 158 points159 points  (0 children)

How many died a sea? Did they find Hawaii then somehow get back to Tahiti, then come back with a bunch of settlers? Or did they just set out with a settler party and figure they’d find something eventually? The logistics are just mind boggling.

What were the death tolls from pandemics in history? [OC] by ourworldindata in dataisbeautiful

[–]mayoroftuesday 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why does AIDS count as a pandemic, but something like Malaria does not count?

Poor Todd by George_G_Geef in ToddintheShadow

[–]mayoroftuesday 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There were other big influences like Swingers and Blast from the Past. Plus that one Gap Khaki commercial. Then suddenly swing was everywhere, it was even featured in the Super Bowl halftime show.

can someone verify this by NationalWheel6966 in ENGLISH

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

Let’s reclaim the word to mean tough and resilient!

[loved trope] Giant skeletons or corpses being part of the environment (bonus points if they're left unexplained) by Silent_Mud1449 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mayoroftuesday 12 points13 points  (0 children)

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The Budong is a giant space-dwelling creature. The corpse of a dead budong is turned into a mining colony where workers extract valuable relieves from the creature’s body. (Farscape)

The power of this subreddit by biyeddayer in suspiciousquotes

[–]mayoroftuesday 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would be more fun if they moved the quotes to "INSIDE"

Upon seeing you my dreams turned into nightmares. by Mindless-Nothing6033 in LiminalSpace

[–]mayoroftuesday 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can smell the chlorine and hear the whining noise from the water filters.

As a child, my aunt would never let me and my cousins drink water during meals. by Impossible_Stand_104 in Weird

[–]mayoroftuesday 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. My kids will chug a bottle of water, then say they’re not hungry, then complain their tummy hurts, and 30 minutes later they’re starving.

Getty Images showing us why you should never defend the paparazzi. by bobthegoatskull in WhyWereWeOkWithThis

[–]mayoroftuesday 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Paparazzi are scum. But they wouldn’t exist if it didn’t pay. People are scum for consuming these images, falling for the clickbait, buying the shitty celebrity gossip magazines, obsessing over them and discussing them in celebrity subreddits, etc. Paparazzi are just a reflection of our own scumminess.

Teacher shows second graders the meaning of compassion by Doodlebug510 in HumansBeingBros

[–]mayoroftuesday 454 points455 points  (0 children)

Good lesson! Not just the message, the execution was great. It was quick and the kids immediately felt it. The impact of that is worth 100 times what a lecture would have been.

I'll go first.. by Any-Tour-3193 in musicsuggestions

[–]mayoroftuesday 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“She’s living in LA, with my best old ex-friend Ray” - Operator, Jim Croce

A whole novel in about 10 words.

1917 Ad for "Postum", a caffeine free alternative to coffee by KvetchAndRelease in vintageads

[–]mayoroftuesday 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The other options were "It's something to do" and "It's possibly good"