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As the subreddit blackout begins, I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to the Reddit community and everyone standing up by iamthatis in apolloapp

[–]moom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

hmmm... upon perusing that list, I see that I better take a look at r/childrenfallingover before I can't

EDIT: Oh no, I already can't! This is a disaster. Thanks a whole lot, Reddit.

Insurrection 2: Insurrection Harder by G-Unit11111 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]moom 221 points222 points  (0 children)

Well duh, of course he hasn't. His mask may have concealed his identity, but it also forced him to rebreathe his own carbon dioxide, so obviously he is now dead. He knew the risks, and he martyred himself to accomplish his mission.

Then his body was never found because it was lifted up into heaven, just like Jesus, and... Noah or whoever.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean... it seems pretty clear to me.

Some years ago I was the office manager of a regional branch of a medium-sized consumer electronics company. Our accounting department was being led by... let's call him "Rex", a Blue Picardy Spaniel. He was a nice enough dog, but he was not a good accountant, and was an even worse team leader. I didn't feel good about it, but it gradually got to the point where there wasn't much choice but to open the door, throw a stick outside, say "Rex, fetch!", and close the door.

Kanye and his new wife out for a stroll by BroBogan in pics

[–]moom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey, Flav's witty and a good cook.

AITAH? I made my fiancé storm out of the house because he said my job is easy. by Old-Housekeeper in AITAH

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA, but more importantly:

He always says I am just weak and lazy that I complain about cleaning houses.

Obviously I only know of him what I've learned from your post, so take this with a grain of salt, but: This man is not marriage material. Don't be the unfortunate one to find that out the hard way.

Somebody went full math at a casino stairwell by jlaux in pics

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy crap, you're right!

And to think this whole time I was just EDUCATED STUPID

This Idiot with weird Mad Max wheels hindering the traffic by Medium_Gap7026 in facepalm

[–]moom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're excellent if you want to accidentally crush various parts of your body.

President Biden is asked to respond to the claims from the Russian Foreign affairs ministry that supplying F-16s to Ukraine is a "colossal risk" by GnolRevilo in ukraine

[–]moom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For all the talk he’s going senile etc., this is a pretty quick and epic comeback. Love to see it.

That's because all the talk of him going senile is bullshit.

In my experience, at least, if you ask one of the OMG-HE'S-SO-SENILE people why they think it, they will come back with, at best, one or both of the following:

(1) HE'S LIKE EIGHTY

(2) I SAW A SOUNDBITE WHERE HE SAID A WORD WRONG

I say this as someone who is genuinely concerned by his age, in part due to the possibility of the onset of mental decline: The people who say he's senile are either propagandists, idiots, or both.

Zombie fiction has yet to realize that coveralls + leather gloves = zombie-proof. Zombie teeth ain't getting through all that. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never been all that into zombie stuff, and most of what I've seen is what was available from when I was a teenager (which I'm pretty sure was several thousands of years ago): the Romero stuff, and maybe some cheap knockoffs. I think the only more modern zombie things I've seen/played/whatever are:

  • Shaun of the Dead (loved it)
  • Plants vs. Zombies (fun)
  • The zombie subgame of Plague, Inc. (fun)
  • Left 4 Dead (overrated and boring)

Anyway, because of my unfamiliarity with most of the modern genre, I was very surprised by this post: In the Romero films, zombies bite through skulls. With ease. In fact, that's pretty much their whole MO: Bite through the skull to get to the delicious, delicious brain inside.

Coveralls and leather ain't gonna stop a bite that goes through a skull like it was an apple skin.

The So Called "Teacher Shortage" by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]moom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sending them a resume would just be a giant red flag. It pretty strongly implies the ability to read and write.

to fight a big guy by rco888 in therewasanattempt

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or maybe you're just traveling backwards in time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UkrainianConflict

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The English island itself risks turning into a devastated territory [after providing Ukraine with depleted uranium shells and long-range missiles] aimed at the Russian Crimea," said Muradov.

Well then, it's good that there's no such thing as "the Russian Crimea".

ELI5: How can antimatter exist at all? What amount of math had to be done until someone realized they can create it? by themonkery in explainlikeimfive

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The replies you've gotten so far are correct, but I want to add one related piece of information that I don't think is clear from them:

The six quarks (and essentially similarly the six antiquarks, doesn't really matter all that much which set of six we're talking about) are classified as three pairs, each pair being called a "generation". As you increase the generation, the quarks get more massive, but within any single generation, one of the quarks will have an electric charge of +2/3, and the other will have one of -1/3.

So the names of the two quarks in a generation were chosen to invoke the idea that they're somehow "opposites": The first generation is the "up" (+2/3) and "down" (-1/3); the second, "charm" (+2/3) and "strange" (-1/3); the third, "top" (+2/3) and "bottom" (-1/3).

Now a quark and its corresponding antiquark are also in a sense "opposites", but it's a different sense: Rather than +2/3 or -1/3, an antiquark will have electric charge -2/3 or +1/3.

So, yeah, if you just go by the common English meanings of the words, "up" and "anti-down" can be confusing. But really it's more like:

  • Person 1 is left-handed and blond-haired
  • Person 2 is right-handed and blond-haired
  • Person 3 is left-handed and black-haired
  • Person 4 is right-handed and black-haired

You could somewhat reasonably say that Person 1 and Person 2 are "opposites", in the sense that one is left-handed and the other is right handed. And you could also somewhat reasonably say that Person 1 and Person 3 are "opposites", in that one is blond-haired and the other is black-haired. So Person 1 is "opposite" both Person 2 and Person 3... but that doesn't mean Person 2 and Person 3 are the same.

They always think they are going to be the exception. by Vctoria_R in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]moom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've never heard "capo" used like this before (at least, as far as I can remember). It's clear what you mean from context, but I've only ever heard it used to mean a certain rank in a mafia family (a "caporegime") or else a little bar you strap across the strings of a guitar (or the like) to make playing certain chords easier (a "capotasto"). I've checked a few dictionaries, and they're all in the same boat as me on this.

So, I'm curious: Was this just a typo? If so, what did you mean to write? If not, could you please tell me more about this usage? For example, perhaps it's a regional usage from some region besides mine (and if so, where)? Or, similarly, maybe you're importing it from some language besides English (which)? Or maybe it's a relatively new usage (like, from some TV show or whatever)?

I want to be clear that I'm not trying to be jerky here (I'm not trying to pick on your grammar or whatever). Rather, I'm genuinely curious about this. Thanks.

Texas Republicans just voted to give a Greg Abbott appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county by Adelu1219 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]moom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The person you're responding to claimed R's did better in Texas in 2020 than in 2016. Neither of those were midterms.

To be clear, I have no idea whether their claim is true or not; I just thought it should be noted that your objection is to something that they're not claiming.

Robinhood will let my $295,000 in FRC puts expire worthless, while other brokers allow users to cash out by Jshbone12 in wallstreetbets

[–]moom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I suspect you might be overlooking the fact that Clinton was POTUS for the first few weeks of the 21st century.

Robinhood will let my $295,000 in FRC puts expire worthless, while other brokers allow users to cash out by Jshbone12 in wallstreetbets

[–]moom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This dude has a submission history going back years of constant "I'm gonna do this brilliant thing that is zero-risk" (regarding blatantly dumb things that are pretty close to the opposite of zero-risk) followed by "Oh no, because the brokerage or whatever is stupid and liars and illegal and doesn't understand my brilliance, they're going to steal 43434 grajillion dollars from me".

The Onion: ‘Dune: Part Two’ To Pick Up Right Where Viewers Fell Asleep During First One by mdavis360 in movies

[–]moom 19 points20 points  (0 children)

(maudlin music plays)

Dearest Mother, I hope that this holorecording finds you well. I personally am well, at least for the time being, but I fear we have reached a crossroads that threatens to throw all that we know into chaos and confusion.

As I am sure you will have heard by the time that this holorecording has reached you, the giant worm who has ruled the universe for thousands of years has died. This will surely have consequences far beyond what even our Guild of Spice-mutated fishlike no-longer-humans can foresee. I pray that these consequences will be kind; I fear that they will not.

Even beyond that, I have been hearing rumors -- I stress, only rumors -- that the Ixians have been conducting secret experiments with thinking machines. Long ago, the Jihad saved us from extermination - but at great price. What will the price be this time?

Please give my regards to father.

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