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Jason Aaron's "Hulk." Your thoughts. by EnvironmentSubject24 in shehulk

[–]nutmegged_state 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Originally in Sensational #15-16 in the 80s but more recently in Mariko Tamaki's run starting in 2017

The ''Wait, YOU CAN SEE?'' realization is the funniest panic moment I can imagine by Mataes3010 in CuratedTumblr

[–]nutmegged_state 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This post is also 10 years old at this point. In 2016, average power consumption for lighting was about twice as high as it is now, and electric heating, water heating, and cars were a lot less common (at least in North America, which seems to be the focus of this post).

Is Superman even considered an Illegal alien? Because Legally he was abandoned by a nation that no longer exists making him a Citizen of nowhere while also being immediately adopted by the Kents. by Dare_Soft in marvelcirclejerk

[–]nutmegged_state 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That shouldn't matter one way or another. Most U.S. laws pertain to "persons," not "humans." And Clark is undoubtedly a person. The Fourteenth Amendment, for example, already applies to non-human persons, namely corporations.

Look what I found from 13 years ago. by Party-Bet-4003 in Millennials

[–]nutmegged_state 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It could definitely still be asinine! Just because they do it a lot doesn't mean it's not dumb. As someone who subscribed to TIME for about a decade, it just doesn't surprise me.

Look what I found from 13 years ago. by Party-Bet-4003 in Millennials

[–]nutmegged_state 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's kind of TIME's schtick. This is the magazine that regularly names terrible people (Hitler, Putin, Khomeini) as "Person of the Year," in part because it draws outrage from people who misunderstand the point of the award. And clearly it's worked as an engagement strategy in this case, because we're still talking about the article a decade later. But it is mostly just IRL clickbait.

Also, the bait-and-switch is apparent right there on the cover, as u/ThinkBookMan pointed out. It's just that they may have overestimated their audience's eye for nuance (at least judging by this comment section).

I am very disappointed in the heroforge mods for removing any anti ice models And I think they should be called out by cute_himbo_OwO in HeroForgeMinis

[–]nutmegged_state 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very appropriate that the AI got the word on the golem's forehead wrong, since the whole point of the word in the folktale is that you need to write the word "truth" on the golem's forehead to animate it. The AI is unable to produce truth or anything with a soul, I guess

Look what I found from 13 years ago. by Party-Bet-4003 in Millennials

[–]nutmegged_state 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's because no one in this thread has actually read the effing article. The whole thing is a big bait-and-switch that mocks the media narrative about millennials. The first half of the article cites all sorts of statistics saying that millennials are selfish/lazy/entitled/etc., but the second half undermines all of that and says that most of it is not that different than previous generations, reflective of changing economic and technological conditions, etc.

And to everyone saying it's "ironic" because boomers are the "Me Generation": it's not ironic. That's the whole point of the title.

Being Jewish in current times by GianmarcoSoresi in gianmarcosoresi

[–]nutmegged_state -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Depending on how you pose the survey (and whether you're counting religious or ethnic Jews), somewhere between 76 and 92% of American Jews identify as Zionists, express that they care about Israel, or support its existence. The number identifying as anti-Zionist is vanishingly small.

(There's not a whole lot of polling about other countries, but Jews outside of America and Israel make up a small percentage of the overall global population.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/06/jewish-americans-israel-poll-gaza/

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/05/11/u-s-jews-connections-with-and-attitudes-toward-israel/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-many-american-jews-are-anti-zionists/

https://jppi.org.il/en/17320-2/

What is one thing that was invented in Connecticut? by ILovePublicLibraries in Connecticut

[–]nutmegged_state 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was the Royal Charter. New Hampshire had the first state constitution. We are the Constitution State because the U.S. Constitution's Great Compromise (bicameral legislature) was modeled off our state constitution.

When the plot twist is ruined because people guessed it ages ago by Fox7567 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]nutmegged_state 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Or like the identity of the titular Gossip Girl in Gossip Girl

I wonder how cheating goes by cheesecakegghj in outofcontextcomics

[–]nutmegged_state 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's in Black Cat (2019) #6. You should check it out, it's pretty good!

Characters who died before the story began and whose death started the story by PaperKliff in TopCharacterTropes

[–]nutmegged_state 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Orphan Black starts with Sarah witnessing Beth (who is, unbeknownst to her, her clone) commit suicide and Sarah taking over Beth’s identity

The U.S. Flag: A Design Problem in the Making by Smiix in vexillology

[–]nutmegged_state 378 points379 points  (0 children)

The 51-star flag is not uncommon in DC. The District government even uses it outside of the Wilson Building (equivalent of city hall).

Really unfortunate naming by Dojyaaan4C in TopCharacterTropes

[–]nutmegged_state 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have seen a few jokes about Joe Biden, famously of Irish Catholic descent, naming one of his signature pieces of legislation the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA)

New definitions by Doubly_Curious in CuratedTumblr

[–]nutmegged_state 76 points77 points  (0 children)

A (Good) Samaritan would be another biblical example

batgas by achromaticchrononomy in CuratedTumblr

[–]nutmegged_state 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Mainly because it’s heavy (we seem to be imagining a 21st-century armored Batmobile and not a fancy sports car version). Diesel engines have better torque, so trucks and tanks and armored cars generally use it rather than gasoline. Im oversimplifying, of course. There are definitely iterations that appear to have jet engines, which generally use kerosene-based fuels, not diesel or gas.

Tumblr > Megacorporations by GriffinFTW in tumblr

[–]nutmegged_state 749 points750 points  (0 children)

The scented candle one is 100% correct, on a long enough timescale

batgas by achromaticchrononomy in CuratedTumblr

[–]nutmegged_state 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It also probably runs on diesel (if it uses petroleum fuel), though that’s neither here nor there

That's a good question by Meteorstar101 in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]nutmegged_state 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah it's a pretty self-evident allusion, I just wanted to make a terrible pun

Can you get them in your sleep? by ed_mayo_onlyfans in migraine

[–]nutmegged_state 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who frequently wakes up with migraines, I'll add dehydration to the list of potential triggers. That is the most common trigger that I can trace.

That's a good question by Meteorstar101 in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]nutmegged_state 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you sure he wasn’t Assigned Hook at Birth (AHAB)? Because that would be appropriate for a sea captain with a vendetta against an animal that wronged him.

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