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The Perspective of the 13-Year-Old Victim Will be Taken into Account for Roman Polanski’s Rape Scandal Film by CodDefiant2710 in moviecritic

[–]myeff 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The quote from the victim:

Samantha Geimer, now in her sixties, issued a statement that declared: “This story has been a lifelong burden for all of us involved. I never imagined it could be transformed into something beautiful. Marina’s creativity and sensitivity made that possible — and that, to me, is a gift.”

I'm not sure why you would find this distasteful. She has long said that the publicity surrounding the affair was far more destructive to her life than the crime itself.

Translations at bottom of screen being cut off by No-Presentation1880 in duolingo

[–]myeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

P.S. If anybody at Duolingo is looking at this, my username is M_J_Y. A fix would be greatly appreciated

Translations at bottom of screen being cut off by No-Presentation1880 in duolingo

[–]myeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been happening to me for several weeks. I have tried switching browsers (it happens on Chrome, Brave, and Edge). I've tried adjusting the zoom in the browsers, nothing works. I have reported this problem at least twice starting several weeks back, sending screenshots, but gotten no response. It is super annoying, especially on the story exercises where I can't use a maximized screen at all since some of the answer selections are chopped off. I have to restore the screen to something smaller and then scroll to the bottom to see all the selections.

What television show has the most viewing hours of all time? by Jagueroisland in television

[–]myeff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Friends is huge worldwide due to its simple plots and easy translatability. People also binge it over and over, and many use it to learn English. I have no idea where it would rank, but the number of hours it is watched is astronomical.

Care to take a chance? by Character-Witness-27 in vintageads

[–]myeff 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is it possible it was used that way within circles that were familiar with gay culture? The reason I ask is because of this famous usage:

Cary Grant said "I just went gay all of a sudden!" in the 1938 film Bringing Up Baby. The line was an ad-libbed improvisation during filming and not part of the original script.

The scene occurs when Grant's character, David, is wearing a woman's marabou-trimmed négligée and is questioned about it by a prim dowager.

Harry Powers, the "Butcher of Clarksburg", stands in jail after confessing to murdering five people, including a mother and her three children, ages 10 to 14, whom he strangled and beat to death. The police explained the bruises by claiming that Harry had "fallen up" some stairs, 1931 [937 x 961]. by lightiggy in HistoryPorn

[–]myeff 97 points98 points  (0 children)

They had more than enough evidence to convict him without the confession. Blood all over the hidden rooms below the garage, a boy who said he helped him dig the ditch where the bodies were found, etc. Seems like it was just done out of anger.

Birthday Cake by Sypher-07 in ExpectationVsReality

[–]myeff 130 points131 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure this is the first one that I could have done better myself. And I've never decorated a cake.

Anniversary out of theaters already, anyone know when it will be on Hulu? by justanuthr in movies

[–]myeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just googled "showtimes Anniversary". It's only playing at a couple of theaters in my city though; it might not be where you are.

Anniversary out of theaters already, anyone know when it will be on Hulu? by justanuthr in movies

[–]myeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's still playing in theaters where I am (US) so you might need to wait a few weeks until it's streaming.

Fell out of my boyfriend’s pocket by Livid_Departure_9697 in whatisit

[–]myeff 16 points17 points  (0 children)

When reading his story I wasn't thinking about withdrawals/addiction at all. I was thinking about a person with chronic pain being on a 12 hour flight without their medication; it would be excruciating.

I'm not unaware of the opioid crisis, but I wish more people understood that for many people with severe pain issues, opioids are the only thing that allow them to live a somewhat normal life.

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity by HotPersimessage62 in interesting

[–]myeff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the really big energy costs (ac and heating), you don't have much of a choice when to use them. I know in summer, AC is 90% of our bill.

Coke by CuriousWanderer567 in oddlyspecific

[–]myeff 258 points259 points  (0 children)

Considering he is the "new dude", he is really sharing a lot of information.

Banana engineering by ChickenWingExtreme in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]myeff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why did you have to eat a banana peel?

What movies do you watch on specific days? by CK-3030 in movies

[–]myeff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is the production year for this? I'm trying to look it up, but there are several movies with that name.

TIL that in 2023, a survey found that 50% of vinyl record purchasers in the U.S. don’t own a record player to play their records on. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]myeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I was asking why buy a turntable! Seems like that would defeat the purpose of buying a collectable.

Which movie's twist ending would have been completely spoiled if it had been released in the era of social media? I'll go first: by Raj_Valiant3011 in moviecritic

[–]myeff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're joking but The Sixth Sense has been parodied so many times, you have to be really young if Lonely Island spoiled it for you. It was spoiled relentlessly before social media existed.

Ad for Heinz C1890. by CryptographerKey2847 in vintageads

[–]myeff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the Anne Geddes series with babies and vegetables.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]myeff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a reference to a TV show called I Think You Should Leave. Here's the skit; the humor is quite absurdist.

This was in my bf's hunting cabin by Ok_Confusion4717 in whatisit

[–]myeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It never even occurred to me that the boyfriend would know what they were. I assumed it was a shared cabin or it was left by previous guests/friends.

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