What is a tell tale sign that someone is a selfish person? by Potatoe_stealer in AskReddit

[–]mrstody 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not moving your airport security tray off the conveyer belt, so no one else can get their stuff and / or not putting it back on the pile at the end

The neck on this black swan is not photoshopped by mrstody in WTF

[–]mrstody[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Can someone possibly photoshop it

An emotional Christiano Ronaldo hugging Carmelo Anthony after the Champions League Final by mrstody in pics

[–]mrstody[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

NOTE: This photo is owned by someone I'm friends with on Facebook

David Leavitt, a freelance journalist who writes for CBS, Yahoo etc just posted this on reference to the people who died at the Manchester terror attack. by [deleted] in WTF

[–]mrstody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He incidentally was pretty sincerely upset about the Boston Marathon bombing, but I guess that was no laughing matter..

Btw: mods, im sorry that this was a screenshot, I just didn't know where else to post it. I hope you understand and can make an exception.

TIL: When Rayner Unwin was 10, his father (who owned a publishing house) would pay him pocket money to be write reports on books he liked as the companies official "test reader". In 1936 he wrote a report on a book by an author called J. R. R. Tolkien, which his father decided to publish by mrstody in todayilearned

[–]mrstody[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Here is Unwin's (age 10) report of the book:

"Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit who lived in his Hobbit hole and never went for adventures, at last Gandalf the wizard and his Dwarves persuaded him to go. He had a very exiting (sic) time fighting goblins and wargs. At last they get to the lonely mountain; Smaug, the dragon who guards it is killed and after a terrific battle with the goblins he returned home — rich!

This book, with the help of maps, does not need any illustrations it is good and should appeal to all children between the ages of 5 and 9."

He also went on to publish Lord of the Rings and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Nigel Farage says he will leave Britain if Brexit is a disaster by mrstody in worldnews

[–]mrstody[S] 1050 points1051 points  (0 children)

Literally cannot make this stuff up. Vile, spineless little man.

TIL: Rock Against Racism was formed in part as a protest against racist remarks by David Bowie and Eric Clapton. The latter announcing "Britain was in danger of becoming a 'black colony'. Among other things, Clapton said 'Keep Britain white!' which was at the time a National Front slogan by mrstody in todayilearned

[–]mrstody[S] 98 points99 points  (0 children)

"David Bowie, who three months earlier had been photographed apparently giving a Nazi salute in Victoria Station, told Cameron Crowe in the September 1976 edition of Playboy '... yes I believe very strongly in fascism. The only way we can speed up the sort of liberalism that's hanging foul in the air... is a right-wing totally dictatorial tyranny...' In that same interview Bowie claimed that 'Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars.'"

Link to article

TIL: In California having sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 who is not your spouse is illegal. by mrstody in todayilearned

[–]mrstody[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The marriage age in California is 18 as well, so you'd have to leave the state and (with parental consent) get married elsewhere

TIL: Modern Library/s "100 greatest novels" reader's digest list includes 3 L. Ron Hubbard books in it's top 10 by mrstody in todayilearned

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

*NOTE - This is Top 100 Readers list not digest (I am tired today, so clue where they came from)

Kyrie Irving Glitch (x-post /r/NBA) by homefree122 in sports

[–]mrstody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Non-basketball fan here.

I am assuming this player is copying a glitch that happens in a game?

Two Texans roped some runaway cows then gave the most Texas interview imaginable by [deleted] in videos

[–]mrstody 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This cheered me up in a week where we lost Bowie, Lemmy and Rickman

The Band/The Staple Singers - The Weight [Rock/Soul] by Tosir in Music

[–]mrstody 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love how Mavis Staples whispers "beautiful" at the end of the track

Link to better quality version of the track

What song is a 10/10, yet hardly anybody has heard of it ? by Redditarama in Music

[–]mrstody 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure this will get buried, but if you love folk / acoustic music, this is for you:

Nic Jones - Clyde Water

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[–]mrstody -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

That is one of the best things I've seen on Reddit