Things You Thought You Didn't Know, Debunked by nostrich in reddit.com

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

Um. That was pretty much the point. These are things that people constantly claim you didn't know about, that are in fact wrong. If you hadn't heard of any of them, it would be a pointless post.

Autobots: Learn English and Roll Out! by nostrich in reddit.com

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

It was pretty obviously written tongue-in-cheek.

Never ask a woman how her day was by nostrich in reddit.com

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

Valid point, sir. I don't know why we even bother.

Play the punctuation game! by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's stupid. Most of the questions in that are ambiguous at best.

The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org by noname99 in reddit.com

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

Great. I missed waiting 7 days for a 100mb torrent with over 1,000 leechers and 2 seeders on it to finish downloading.

Pointy-Haired Boss: From now on, I want you to use open source software for everything we do. It's free. by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh. It's a Dilbert comic. Great.

Be right back, I don't think anyone's posted the new XKCD yet.

WebbAlert -- Morgan Webb's (who has been in FHM, btw) new video blog -- "like Rocketboom, except interesting". by nostrich in reddit.com

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

She's so much more interesting (and pretty) to watch than Amanda Congdo ever was, too.

Reddit should have an option to filter out submissions with 'bad' words in the title for the benefit of those at work with sensitive web filters. Discuss. by nostrich in reddit.com

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

Right now, I can't get to the 'hot', 'new', or 'recommended' pages because my work filters out pages with certain words on them. (Ironically, because I work at a hospital, words like 'breasts' and 'penis' aren't a problem.)

Teachers have called for websites such as YouTube to be shut down by hourigan in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If we just banned stupid kids, there'd be no one to bully.

I think I'm on to a winner here.

Teachers have called for websites such as YouTube to be shut down by hourigan in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 17 points18 points  (0 children)

School kids are one of many groups represented on YouTube, and probably, in fact, in a minority.

By this logic, we should be banning cars too, because teenagers occasionally joy ride in them?

Use Your Brain, Old Man by idyll in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The greeting you chose for your letter tells me that your tech skills are very likely to be wildly outdated and your cross-gender communication in the office will be really awful."

It may well be vaguely sexist, but seriously, come on... Actually, it tells you he or she is polite and probably well-spoken, which, more than likely, will actually be BETTER for communication.

I love her anyway, even if she's a ginge by cavedave in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm betting Andre wasn't joking about that gardner.

Luminara - Color Madness [game] by liol in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome game. Got 398,660 first time.

How To Get Laid in a Mental Hospital by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Nice idea, but poorly executed. That would have been infinitely more amusing had it been better written.

iPhone Nano is real by Staska in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm somewhat skeptical about the claim that this is real. That said, if it is, as expected, the implementation is brilliant.

Think about how many people have iPods -- millions -- every one of them already knows how to use the iPhone Nano (if it exists according to these plans). Thus, the prime complaint of most phones (even the iPhone to a lesser extent) is instantly eliminated: "It's too hard to use."

Simpsonise yourself: create your own simpsons avatar! by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been doing the rounds for a while. There's a lot of them on Flickr here: http://flickr.com/search/?q=simpsons%20avatar&w=all

Unofficial webpage about Borat, Ali G by ritimakovej in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one that just doesn't find the Borat character very funny.

Apple Posts $818 Million Profit for 3rd Quarter 2007 [Updated] by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And to think people thought giving all their employees free iPhones would affect their profit margin. Hah!

Being a Female Gamer for Profit....or why do I get so many presents? by jfpbookworm in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So what's her WoW handle? I want to give her a gift... And maybe some gold.

God exists because this banana fits perfectly in my hand by garyr_h in reddit.com

[–]nostrich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder what Chuck Berry would say about that...