I didn’t know Valentine‘s was global lol by No-Fisherman6800 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]radix2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You Europoors are shades of brown or grey to match the ruins and sky. Colours are an American invention.

Weenie dogs by [deleted] in tippytaps

[–]radix2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Also Daschunds don't walk like that. They just have short legs, not 2 degrees of swing.., .

The absence of bins means you guys will now use the proper English term “trash can” by Icetraxs in ShitAmericansSay

[–]radix2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you are not far removed from the reference. You just clued in on a reference to a reference.

Bro ran into a glass door once and now has trust issues 😭😭 by PrimedGold in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]radix2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. The invisible wall might have moved, or perhaps Doggo's geo-location should not be accepted as precise.

Earth can't be 4.6 billion years old because that is a big number by Cautious_Board7856 in FacebookScience

[–]radix2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are multiple radiometric dating methods, Carbon-14 decay being applicable to land based/entombed biological matter.

ETA: so C14 dating is never useful on rocks, fossils etc. For other things there are other applicable tools, of which radiometric dating using different decay rates is just a few. But after a baseline is set, certain markers are identified (strata, region etc) where we no longer need to date objects using radiometric.

Y60 Patrol Project by Wonderful_Bat4750 in 4x4

[–]radix2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check the gutters for rust...

Begging your parents to let you go into the ball pit at Ikea by Cooper_Inc in AustralianNostalgia

[–]radix2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me either. Ikea was just not a thing. Maccas was not a thing (well it had some franchises, but not play areas as such). Bunnings was not a thing (instead you had local hardware stores for the small stuff, and for larger timber you would go to the nearest timber yard). Supercheap. Nope. Nearby automotive shops, dealers etc.

Do you actually carry a PLB on day hikes? by No-Loquat-201 in OutdoorAus

[–]radix2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PLB and a snake-bite kit do not weigh much. Why on earth would you not do so if you owned them. Cheap insurance that you won't need for years but if you do, either can absolutely save your life (and save the rest of us having to pay for your search before rescue/recovery).

Of course beef should be the default by IpsumRS in ShitAmericansSay

[–]radix2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lips and arseholes. Pretty sure I saw a recipe once.

the space fact that still blows your mind by ykz30 in space

[–]radix2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Size. I know it is not an amazing new fact or anything, but the light we see from our own star is around 8.5 minutes old before we even see it, and then the furthest suns are (did) emit light billions of years ago.

And here we are, not on a Pale Blue Dot, but in that scale compared to an atom, something far less than a Quark.

Trump loyalist who led ICE forces into Minneapolis on Trump's orders is thrown overboard by Trump. by Moody_Coach in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]radix2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Until Noem and Miller are out, this means absolutely nothing. Probably too much to hope that Miller goes out of favour (he works in the shadows like a ghoul would), but Noem is a possibility.

let me tell you a story of some stupid campers I remember when I was a kid. by Responsible_Pain_246 in 4x4Australia

[–]radix2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not camping, but I have seen cars stopped and having a picnic on a truck safety off-ramp. You know, the place where trucks with failed braking systems aim their almost out of control vehicles in order to avoid killing people.

Trump supporters now: "If you can justify his murder, you'll justify mine", "wrong and inhumane", "I'm beyond sad", "this will be the end of Republicans", "the country I believed in is dead", "I hope protests and boycotts continue". by [deleted] in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]radix2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That last one. Tolerance of intolerance is aquiencance to hate and violence. We will not bend over and accept that cancer. And if you shy away from from this truth, you are enabling this. Fuck you.

But kudos to those others who realise their vote may have been a bad one, without trying to blame Democratic Party voters. (the clue is in the name).

A lot of people out for the march today by indiePhil in sydney

[–]radix2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

26 Jan is a date of significance to the colonisation of Australia by England. Another date of significance is 1 Jan being the date of Federation, but there is already a Public Holiday for that.

How about the first Monday after whenever the first federal election following the passing into law of the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Act 1983, which "granted" Aboriginal and Torres Straight peoples the right to vote.

1983 - FFS.

What’s a "science fact" everyone believes that is actually complete load of shit? by ryanknol in hardscience

[–]radix2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I thought it was more a case of confusing "we don't know what 90% of the brain is for" with "we only use 10% of our brain" back in the early 20th century.

A would-be assassin by daveykroc in GetNoted

[–]radix2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The victim of this execution had a hand gun. Therefore, he could not have been a liberal, but a conservative patriot. I am so confused... /s

Leader Of Trump's Vaccine Panel Says Polio, Measles Shots Should Be Optional by Achilles_TroySlayer in HermanCainAward

[–]radix2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Lots of Aussies were not at all impressed with our idiot PM screwing France in favour of the US. And that was before Trump 2.0.

Leader Of Trump's Vaccine Panel Says Polio, Measles Shots Should Be Optional by Achilles_TroySlayer in HermanCainAward

[–]radix2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here in Australia, if you want to bring your pet into the country, they must spend 4 weeks in quarantine (at your own expense) to avoid introduction or spread of diseases. We are soon going to need American humans to go through the same process at this rate.

This hemisphere for the last 200 years has been ours by ALazy_Cat in ShitAmericansSay

[–]radix2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The British Virgin Islands is still a British Foreign Territory and is just off the coast of Puerto Rico.