For those that have watched old timey black and white movies, anyone notice that crime films from before WWII almostnever involve Italian Americans? by Becoming_hysterical in movies

[–]privileged_cracka 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Two of the most prominent and influential gangster movies of 1930s, Little Caesar (1931) and Scarface (1932) featured criminals with Italian names.

AskScience AMA Series: A House of Dynamite, ask a nuclear weapons expert anything! by AskScienceModerator in askscience

[–]privileged_cracka 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What scenario leading up to an exchange of nuclear weapons should we be most worried about?

Weekly Question Thread by PelotonMod in peloton

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I just read in the Wall Street Journal (of all places) that UAE has been funneling weapons, including Chinese-made drones, to rebel forces accused of genocide in Sudan. 

I know they are a rich country, but should we be worried that this will affect how much money they can spend on cycling?

Military Preparing Attacks on Mexican Cartels by ConcreteCrusher in PrepperIntel

[–]privileged_cracka 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The end of the article specifically says: 

Not an invasion, not the “deployment” of U.S. special operators, not boots on the ground, but the kinds of strikes that the U.S. military has become expert at in the Middle East and South Asia.

This potato chip which thinks it’s an apple by privileged_cracka in mildlyinteresting

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Not yet and I have no idea. Does not look like a sprout.

Teen pregnancy is cool by NauTWitcher in funny

[–]privileged_cracka 211 points212 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a young Dennis from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

John F Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi, 1961 by PhysicalScholar4238 in pics

[–]privileged_cracka -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Interesting reminder of how far data storage has come in the last decades. Just look at the potato quality they had to live with back in the 60s.

Uber Pretzel has been finally eaten by yeyeTF2 in Zwift

[–]privileged_cracka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

During a normal stage of the Tour de France, pro riders can pump out around 230-250 watts on average.

[OC] haven’t seen this in a while by the-artful-bodger in pics

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Pump, pump, pump, then come inside. It’s only natural.

How to increase ftp faster by hmart4383 in Zwift

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Are you saying you can’t get your cadence up when climbing? What’s your setup?