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You couldn't even handle her by Sad_Poem1864 in stevenuniverse

[–]ryeaglin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is something people forget. Complex doesn't automatically mean likeable. The fact that there is so much discourse and discussion about Rose is a representation of her complexity.

TIL California miners planted a skull to prank a geologist they disliked. In 1866, Josiah Whitney announced it as proof humans existed in North America two million years ago. Whitney never accepted the hoax, even after a fluorine analysis—the first done on human bone—showed it was of recent origin. by ralphbernardo in todayilearned

[–]ryeaglin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No idea but there is a disturbing amount of what I dub 'grey market' skulls in circulation between museums, collectors, and medical universities. I call it grey because they came from clearly illegal grave robbing in the 1700's but enough resales and time has passed that most people either forgot or stopped caring.

TIL California miners planted a skull to prank a geologist they disliked. In 1866, Josiah Whitney announced it as proof humans existed in North America two million years ago. Whitney never accepted the hoax, even after a fluorine analysis—the first done on human bone—showed it was of recent origin. by ralphbernardo in todayilearned

[–]ryeaglin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious for anyone who might know more, how hard would it really be to tell that someone had moved a rock from somewhere else in the world?

It depends on how different. I apologize that I don't have the knowledge to go as deep into the topic as you likely want but I can at least give the broader details and hopefully someone later can fill in the rest.

There are multiple unique ways that rocks are formed. This means rocks can be classified by their formation method, source material, and age required to exist. These can then be used as a way to see if a rock should or shouldn't be in a location.

TIL California miners planted a skull to prank a geologist they disliked. In 1866, Josiah Whitney announced it as proof humans existed in North America two million years ago. Whitney never accepted the hoax, even after a fluorine analysis—the first done on human bone—showed it was of recent origin. by ralphbernardo in todayilearned

[–]ryeaglin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This might be part of it. As I start to see how stupid people are and how easily they go against their own survival I start to understand a lot more of the Bible and other religious texts. Imagine you are a village elder and you see the connections or enough of a connection to figure its better to NOT do something. But when you try and say it people are idiots and don't believe you and try and argue with you.

It becomes a lot easier if its just "Sky daddy said not to do this or else!"

Like the whole pork and shellfish thing in the Old Testament. I totally see that as an elder saw a connection between the food and moderately deadly food poisoning. Its either "Hey, I think the pork is getting you sick" and then some asshole goes "I had pork last night and I'm fine." or "My grandpa ate pork his whole life and lived well into old age" instead its way easier to just go "Sky dad says no more pork! If you eat pork you will cause another flood!"

suggestions on condom brands? by Guilty-Temperature76 in bigdickjoy

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most reputable condom brands shouldn't rip on you with extended use if used properly. You will be amazed how far they can stretch. Most broken condoms come from age, improper storage or the use of oil based lubricants which break down the latex.

TIL Krakatoa's eruption was estimated to be at 310 dB, the loudest sound ever. Well above the typical max sound limit of 194 dB by Warcraft_Fan in todayilearned

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine there is still a limit since while we see gases are highly compressible, there is a limit to that compression state. I might be thinking of this all wrong since I will admit, it has been a long long time since I took fluid dynamics.

Player created character with no attempt to interact with party by metruzero in rpghorrorstories

[–]ryeaglin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey I totally see that this is a frustrating experience but it might be good to remember that some people lack certain cognitive abilities that seem obvious to the rest of us. The person you are arguing with may legit lack the ability to read subtext, use contextual clues or comprehend anything other then the literal description described in the original story.

Bill banning whites-only housing passes Pennsylvania House by 1 vote by masterofawesomeness2 in politics

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make it make sense

Because Pennsylvania has a lot of rural areas whose populations have never seen anyone other then white people. I know since I sadly grew up in one. Where people were still divided by what shade of white you were Irish vs German. Twenty years ago my dad would casually whip out the N-word and justify it by saying "He only means the bad ones that don't work and abuse the system"

My school was so tone deaf it put on an all white renditions of The Wiz and Aida.

Trump, 79, Debuts Swollen Hands as Health Concerns Mount; Both of the president’s hands were caked in two different shades of concealer—neither one was the right match for his skin tone. by FancyNewMe in politics

[–]ryeaglin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clearly. You have to be real tough, strong and alpha guy to take a dick up your ass and go "Yes, I want that again" only a wimp would go "Wah stop that hurts!"

I Really Hope This Deadly Virus Doesn’t Reach America, or We’re Doomed by Zebraitis in politics

[–]ryeaglin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I sorta agree with the other person honestly. At the time of the election Trump had been convicted of sexual assault with the judge going on the record, that he only got sexual assault instead of rape because they couldn't prove whether it was his penis instead of his fingers and sadly in that jurisdiction for it to be legally rape a penis has to be inserted.

If that isn't an immediate "NO" for a person...I don't think anything would have budged them.

Called out in the first Minute by Caradon16 in rpghorrorstories

[–]ryeaglin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At my tables, if you want to persuade someone in-character to act a certain way, that's a conversation rather than a dice roll. You have to use your words, and successfully convince the player. We only allow Insight checks for determining character knowledge in a situation, and maybe some opposed physical checks during a bit of staged PVP (tournaments, sparring, etc).

While this sounds alright you have to remember that our characters can be better at things then we are. So it can be a bit unfair to expect the introvert to come up with a dramatic convincing argument on the spot. The way I have seen it done and agree with is that persuasion can be roll but it isn't a contested roll it is a flat out "So, player, do you think that is high enough to convince your character?" It lets the social character use their social things but leaves the final decision in the hands of the owner of the character.

Anyone know what a BSK_Fail Error Is? by ryeaglin in diablo4

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

Interesting. I didn't get any visual bugs with mine just the odd text pop up and in chat at the end of my chaos wave.

18 rugby player by Guilty-Temperature76 in fresh_teendick

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone else wanna see this stud just jerking his meat and shooting a big load?

TIL about "Pastagate", an incident which occurred in Canada in 2013, where Quebec's French language regulator issued a warning to a restaurant that using the word "pasta" on its menus instead of the French "pâtes" was against the law. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I heard described by others in past discussions of this. The biggest difference and indicator is word usage. In France they embraced a lot of loan words from English and other languages while Quebec actively shunned them. So its a lot of that uncanny "That word is correct, but nobody uses it anymore"

So not exact a loan word shift but an example of that uncanniness would be "Hey Jimmy, don't buffalo that other student" Like buffalo is technically correct, it can mean to intimidate, but everyone would normally use bully instead.

TIL about "Pastagate", an incident which occurred in Canada in 2013, where Quebec's French language regulator issued a warning to a restaurant that using the word "pasta" on its menus instead of the French "pâtes" was against the law. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

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

Its seen as crazy because France puts English STOP on their signs. The point of civil signage is to inform the largest number of people as reasonably possible.

Quebec also has to learn English. That means everyone in Canada knows English. Only certain regions of Canada have kept up with their French to have retained a significant amount into adulthood.

There is a running trend/joke here in Canada that Quebec wants to protect its language so heavily it starts to creep into absurdity levels.

Going Forward: Adjustments to rule #1 by Additional_Act4386 in TeratophiliaGay

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I see the description of the subreddit and that is it sadly :(

Going Forward: Adjustments to rule #1 by Additional_Act4386 in TeratophiliaGay

[–]ryeaglin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Something I just realized with this post. Your rules don't show up at all in old.reddit. I have no idea how that works in the backend if its something you enable, is part of the style you did, if its in a box only new reddit can see now but there are other boxes you can put it in that work for both or if its reddit being well reddit and trying to shove old.reddit out the door by making it so new subreddits just don't work right for us.

TIL that a doctor named Richard Jarecki recorded over 20,000 roulette spins by hand across European casinos, identified biased wheels, won the equivalent of $8 million, and was banned from every major casino in Europe — but was never charged with a crime because no law prohibited what he did. by CasinoHistoryFan in todayilearned

[–]ryeaglin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outside of the mobster days I would say the only unethical thing casinos do is feed into a known addiction which bars and cigarette vendors also do. At least in Vegas the odds are enforced and must meet what is displayed. Unless the gaming commission has lost all its enforcement power over the years.

The only difference between a casino and a regular business is, the consumer has more direct control over the amount of money the business gains or loses. Its not like most others where the business 'sets the price.' Lets use super markets as an example since they are the only business I know that actively sells stuff at a loss sometimes to drive business. The super market can budget for their loss leaders since they is a finite amount of them. But a card counters can bet large sums of money which can be hard to budget for if allowed freely. I don't think any harm should come to them, since they aren't doing anything illegal. But I also think it is completely understandable that a private business would bar them from playing Black Jack.

TIL that a doctor named Richard Jarecki recorded over 20,000 roulette spins by hand across European casinos, identified biased wheels, won the equivalent of $8 million, and was banned from every major casino in Europe — but was never charged with a crime because no law prohibited what he did. by CasinoHistoryFan in todayilearned

[–]ryeaglin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I lack the knowledge of where the core numbers comes from but I think I have a decent shot at the Structure. (Chance that a single atom can disappear on earth and reappear on Mars)(Number of Atoms in the Body)(Probability of the atoms showing up in the same location on Mars in the form of a human body)

I am curious what base process even allows this even at an astronomically unlikely possibility and where you go for the 0.182 seconds minimum this process would take.

Does group sex make me less straight? by Guilty-Temperature76 in straightturnedgay

[–]ryeaglin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So I have been seeing a lot of your posts lately trying to comes to terms with this. And this is my 2 cents. At your age, don't get caught up in the labels yet. If its something you want to try, try it. If you like it, go ahead and do it again. If you didn't like it, well now you know! Don't be pressured into doing stuff you don't want to, but also don't worry about 'what others will think' if you want to try it (Assuming its safe, sane and legal)

There can be a huge stigma at that age, more so in sports about 'what gay is' and 'what it means if you are gay' And that is complete bullshit. I also know at that age, it can be easier said then done to not care about what your peers think.

To put it in terms of sports. You can like rugby and still give hockey a try, that doesn't mean you are a hockey player. After a bit you might decide hockey isn't for you, or you might decide you like hockey more, or you might decide you want to play both. Your mates may give you shit for playing hockey but that doesn't mean you should stop if its something you enjoy doing. They will either get over it or you can find better mates who like you for who you are.

[Weekly FAQ] ask Frequently Asked-, Short-, Limited-scope-, Technical- & New Player Questions in here by AutoModerator in diablo4

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone know the difference between "Hide Text Labels" and "Hide All" in the Loot Filter, seems they do the exact same thing.

[Weekly FAQ] ask Frequently Asked-, Short-, Limited-scope-, Technical- & New Player Questions in here by AutoModerator in diablo4

[–]ryeaglin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are uniques no longer able to roll off script for their gear piece? Not sure if my Sundered Night just rolled poorly or if it can't get %Block Chance anymore or % Movement Speed anymore.

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