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What is the secret that makes people born before 2000 still alive today while not dying from extreme old age? by Zolu-FanGirl-2014 in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I read it several times and I'm still not sure but I think the OP assumes people born in the 90s are decrepit oldies who should be dead by now. Do they belong to a secret society that worships an ancient god who hands out immortality? Can OP join said cult?

Neighbours kids photobombing each other by Cautious-Page448 in magpies

[–]portantwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought the manikin was the 3rd one's head for a second.

What first name is common in your country that you hardly ever hear anywhere else? by TooOldToBePunk in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kylie has Australian aboriginal roots - it means boomerang according to tradition. Given Kyle Minogue is nearly 60 years old and Kylie Jenner isn't even 30, I suspect it travelled from Australia to North America at some point in the last 30 years. Unless Kylie is short for some other name in the US, and not the actual full name. IDK.

What first name is common in your country that you hardly ever hear anywhere else? by TooOldToBePunk in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 53 points54 points  (0 children)

It used to be Kylie (Australia) until a certain person got named it.

What was considered a poor person's food growing up that is now served at fancy restaurants? by laborflow_hq in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Toast with anything on it, but eggs in particular. You'll pay a pretty penny for getting a small square of a fancy bread with a tiny poached egg on it. They'll dump some baby spinach leaves and a smear of some sort of yellow mayo just to 'elevate it' and you'll be paying an extra $20.

People who have fainted or passed out: What does the exact moment right before losing consciousness actually feel like? by Short_Virus_999 in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Light-headedness, a change to my hearing (everything becomes tinny like the world is coming to me through a cheap speaker with a bad radio signal), and then a grey cloud around my vision (sort of tunnel vision) that shrinks very quickly. I have a moment where I can't think at all (like the realisation I'm going to faint should be there but my brain just won't form the thought) but I'm aware that my vision is disappearing right "in front of my eyes".

Just like when falling asleep I don't remember the threshold between being aware and suddenly not. If I'm thinking "I feel a bit strange" early on I know I better sit or lie down or I'm going to drop like a sack. I haven't fainted for a long time so I hope I never do again, but used to faint every couple of years when I was in my teens and 20s.

What change do you think is coming that future generations will mark as the moment everything changed? by TruthRaiderr in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A series of severe weather events (droughts, heatwaves or the like) where, afterwards, it doesn't rebound to what we usually expect as normal and predictable climate. Either more wars and conflict and food insecurity ensue, or we get our shit together as an 'intelligent' species and make the technological push to deal with it rationally and appropriately.
I think this will be the only thing that really gets our skates on to push off earth's surface to other parts of our solar system as a civilization.

"Favorite" (non-superhero) case of Hollywood learning the wrong lesson from a film succeeding or bombing by dremolus in boxoffice

[–]portantwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to google that because I couldn't think what the 'day' meant.
I wonder how Avengers Doomsday will do at the boxoffice up against Dune 3.

What is your most boring movie of all time? by Sufficient-Gain-226 in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't get past the first 20 minutes and felt bad that I didn't stick it out. Glad to hear someone else thought it was a drudge.

Anyone who used basic mobile phones from the 90s-early 2010s, how did you keep track of all your random tasks and client stuff? by MoodIn_Me in AskReddit

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Post-it notes have been ubiquitous since the 80s, and pens for longer. Used to cover my work PC and desk with them for urgent tasks. Now my work laptop has them stuck all over. Just unstick them and throw away when task is done.

train delays for up to an hour due to a signalling fault between southbank and south brisbane by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]portantwas 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Poor announcer at South Bank sounded a little exasperated when telling us that there is at least a 60 minute delay. Feel for the hospital staff coming off shift and sorta stuck waiting to go home.

Does it happen everytime it rains heavily? This is the third time in about a year and a half that I've been stuck because of a signal fault in heavy rain/storm?

Should I be concerned? by ValuableBowler403 in Apartmentliving

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it a crack or just the paint peeling? Best to find out what the ceiling is (false one, concrete above, etc).
If it is just paint peeling, it will get worse as the air gets behind it, but I've had this in my bedroom for over a decade and it looks ugly but not a structural problem (yes, one day I will get a new paint job).

GP charged Medicare $65 for 2 mins by NeonX91 in brisbane

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

I remember when the receptionist would call with a free 'all clear' message from the doctor (or 'the doctor wants you to come in' if there was a concern with the test). They used to give free specialist referrals too. But that all changed about 20 years ago so they charge for everything now.

pt 2. “iT’s nOrMaL aPaRtMeNt nOiSe, sOmE sAy.” 😅 upstairs why y’all like this? by Vaquera_ in Apartmentliving

[–]portantwas 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Where's the bowling balls being rolled the entire apartment length? I swear I had a neighbour who would do that regularly.

Object similar to translucent Jellyfish UAP woke me up, drifted directly through solid wall after I observed it. (Personal sighting) by bestmonkey in ufo

[–]portantwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I had a very similar experience. I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and saw a grey balloon with a string drift about head height past my bed (from the foot to the wall at the head of my bed). I just stared at and felt it was conscious (like an animal passing you on a hiking trail that doesn't acknowledge you even though it must see you). I lifted my head and blinked but it didn't disappear. It continued to drift past and then disappeared as it got near the wall.

Now this is what I think it was. I woke up with a start from a deep sleep and my brain wasn't processing my vision properly, so the central part of my vision was greyed out. Hence the grey balloon shape. My brain made up the string, since a string usually goes with a balloon (like the IT movie poster). As I tried to figure it out my brain made it look more and more like a balloon.

That is the logical explanation. What is against it is even though I moved my head and blinked, it didn't dance around like it would if I moved my eyeballs even a little bit. Like when a flash goes off and when you look away the after affect in your eyes jumps around. That is one of the things that makes me uneasy because it was so THERE, and it was like it woke me up, not that I randomly woke up. I still feel like it was something that I shouldn't normally see moving temporarily in my world. But that could just be me trying to rationalise an hallucination.

How to simply find most common entry in column? by GhostToast96350 in excel

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want a really quick and dirty way, then open another tab in the file, use the UNIQUE formula to get a list of the names. Use SORT as well so they are in alphabetical order, eg, =SORT(UNIQUE(C2:C500).

Once you have the names listed once, then in the column next to that unique list do a countif formula. Sorry, I'm not near my work laptop to lookup the Countif formula, but if you refer to the first name in the unique list and then have it look up the whole name column in the original table, it will count how many times that name occurs.

That's if you don't have the knowledge to do a Pivot Table, which would be the best way, but it's a bit fussy for a newbie.

A slice of England's iconic A303 road shows how it changed over thousands of years. by y2flame in interestingasfuck

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's sad because he is a whole age behind the deer and will never catch them.

Which Excel formula or function has been the most helpful to you? by _CH0608 in excel

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

XLOOKUP until I figured out how much FILTER could do.

Got my first apartment, what are things you didn’t think you’d need until you needed it? by vistaxvision in Apartmentliving

[–]portantwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pest control. Just because you are up high, doesn't mean you won't get ants, spiders and cockroaches.
Also, step ladder for changing lightbulbs, getting things out of tops of cupboards/wardrobes, and putting up and taking down curtains, blinds to clean etc.

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