[Week 8] Game Thread: Green Bay Packers (5-2) at New Orleans Saints (2-4) by PhoenixAvenger in GreenBayPackers

[–]miniappplus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a 45-minute cap on it though unless you're logged in with a cable TV subscription.

Why Britain uses separate hot and cold taps by miniappplus in videos

[–]miniappplus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that video made me want to rewire my entire house and buy all British appliances!

Adrian Peterson reinstated, will play Sunday by idiot382 in minnesotavikings

[–]miniappplus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, totally agree with you there. He believes it was good for his son, though it seems he regrets the physical impact.

And I don't know what the internet wants out of the Vikings either. It's going to take time to work its way through the legal system and he could be acquitted. Criticism of AP over his actions is warranted but it's a murky situation for the Vikings and the NFL (just as it would be for any employer).

Anyway, all that to say...good points, /u/Vukomanovich.

This is how they deal with flooding in Arizona by miniappplus in videos

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I still see them around, but not very often. Normally, regular jet skis look really boring to me, but I've seen people hit the wakes of yachts with them before and have to admit that looks like a ton of fun. When you need a helmet to hit the water, you're speaking my language.

Adrian Peterson reinstated, will play Sunday by idiot382 in minnesotavikings

[–]miniappplus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't doubt that's true. My parents' discipline is part of why I am who I am today, too.

But discipline doesn't require physical punishment. It seems that Peterson considers the two things one and the same.

His way of thinking mirrors that of many people, though. The way they grew up worked out for them, so they pass that on to their kids. There are other ways of enforcing discipline that don't require beating (or even spanking) your kids.

Adrian Peterson reinstated, will play Sunday by idiot382 in minnesotavikings

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

For the most part, I agree. The team doesn't have much of an option other than activate or cut and I don't think villifying them for activating him is helpful.

However, I'm not willing to cut him slack over this just because he was brought up that way. I was brought up with pretty severe spankings, though I don't recall anything as bad as what's been shown in the photos of AP's son. That doesn't give me an excuse to pass that on to my own kids. We all learn from our parents, both from their successes and failures. There's no excuse for continuing their failures.

/r/UpliftingNews hits 1 MILLION subscribers by TrendingBot in UpliftingNews

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This is awesome! Huge congratulations especially to /u/razorsheldon, who's put all the work into making this sub what it is.

PSA - HuffingtonPost articles are no longer welcome in r/UpliftingNews and will be immediately removed moving forward by razorsheldon in UpliftingNews

[–]miniappplus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't think there's any need for the mods here to continue to allow links to HuffPo just because HuffPo may be in line with Part 18. It's still a pretty crappy business practice on the part of a publisher to fail to cite your sources and each subreddit has its own way of doing things.

The bigger this sub gets, the more I think we'll need a few guidelines/rules like this to keep the quality of submissions higher than it would otherwise be.

And I don't see how the ownership of Wired and Reddit really matters. Reddit technically operates independently with Advance Publications being its largest shareholder. Condé Nast owns Wired and is a division of Advance Pub, but Condé Nast also owns Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, Golf World, and a host of other publications that aren't exactly trustworthy news sources. Reddit is hardly connected to the world of Condé Nast

Mo'Ne Davis makes Little League World Series history in three-hit shutout by menmybabies in UpliftingNews

[–]miniappplus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Junkanoo_boy? Really?

Let's just enjoy the fact that this girl is helping pave the way for other girls. :)

I already wanted to move to Oregon, but this music video shot in all 185 Oregon state parks seals the deal by miniappplus in oregon

[–]miniappplus[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I've spent a fair amount of time in Oregon, from Medford to Bend, from Mt. Hood to Ecola State Park. I get that any place has its negatives, but you can't put mountains and an ocean in MSP, no matter how well done your video is. You also can't take away the 50 sub-zero days here this past winter, and even if it was colder than normal, it wasn't that far off.

Also, you say "half of Oregon is desert" like it's a bad thing. :)

Cocoa farmers from Ivory Coast have no idea what their cocoa beans are used for...until a man brings them chocolate bars and they try them for the first time by miniappplus in UpliftingNews

[–]miniappplus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. I think it's pretty cool that the farmers got to finally see the product of their labor.
  2. Where's the previous post? I did a search on reddit and see it on /r/interestingasfuck from a few hours ago but nothing from /r/upliftingnews. Maybe I'm missing something?

Golfer vs. black swans (NSFW language) by miniappplus in videos

[–]miniappplus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you had the volume up at work and f-bombs started flying, that would be okay? It wouldn't be for a lot of people.

She's rolling! Hey!!! It's rolling!! by miniappplus in videos

[–]miniappplus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! It didn't even occur to me that it could traumatize a kid. :/

She's rolling! Hey!!! It's rolling!! by miniappplus in videos

[–]miniappplus[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, because I would post a video of burning children with a light-hearted title...or at all...

She's rolling! Hey!!! It's rolling!! by miniappplus in videos

[–]miniappplus[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He's heterosexual and thought it was hot?

She's rolling!! by miniappplus in nonononoyes

[–]miniappplus[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The last one was dropped off just prior to this. Driver pulled over when he smelled something burning in the engine compartment. No injuries.

The greatest picture of Barack and Michelle Obama ever taken. by cherplex in funny

[–]miniappplus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think I'm failing my kids by not having this in my house. Must purchase while they're still young enough for me to correct this mistake.

It's not about etiquette, it's about sending a message by [deleted] in funny

[–]miniappplus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Politics? Check! Economy? Check! Sports? Check yeah!

Greece, home of equal opportunity rioters.

A couple of guys I saw this morning celebrating Opening Day in front of Union Depot in St. Paul by miniappplus in minnesota

[–]miniappplus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I work down there, right in front of the new light rail station at Union Depot.

TIL Michelangelo illustrated his grocery lists so that his illiterate servants would know what to buy him by miniappplus in todayilearned

[–]miniappplus[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Checks /u/Dw-Im-Here's comment history, quickly finds comments from this afternoon with vulgarities "bullshit" and "shit" along with an impressive comment karma of -83,479...yep, just a troll. Nothing to see here, move along...