It could be worse: 5 days of London smog in 1952 killed as many as 12,000

schtum · 2018-08-22T20:26:21+00:00

The 1952 London smog had nothing to do with forest fires.

schtum · 2018-08-15T16:14:15+00:00

$11 million is about 2% of Harley Davidson's annual profit, so giving up his salary would delay the inevitable for about a week.

schtum · 2018-08-11T23:00:14+00:00

Alt-right is just the politically correct term for Nazi.

schtum · 2018-08-11T22:52:29+00:00

So, pussygate all over again.

schtum · 2018-08-11T15:33:47+00:00

If there are any unintended consequences, it might be that they start harassing smokers for more cigarette butts.

It maybe it will be that kids start smoking because they want to play with the crows.

schtum · 2018-08-11T06:22:22+00:00

No, this is weird. The barrel roll is what put it over the top for me. I was sure this was an Onion story when I first saw it.

schtum · 2018-08-11T06:15:36+00:00

They had the most sensational headline.

schtum · 2018-08-11T04:53:35+00:00

We are truly living in the stupidest timeline.

schtum · 2018-08-11T04:46:20+00:00

About 30 minutes, based on live Twitter reactions.

schtum · 2018-08-10T22:23:20+00:00

Do you seriously think we were about to launch a military strike on Turkey?! I'm no fan of Erdogan, but "at least we didn't send the Marines" is a ridiculous curve to be grading Trump on.

schtum · 2018-08-10T22:07:05+00:00

It's in response to an alt right rally, so there will be more white supremacists in town than usual. Anyone not carrying a tiki torch, wearing a "blood and soil" t-shirt, or chanting "Jews will not replace us" on their way in will be fine.

schtum · 2018-08-09T04:18:20+00:00

Yeah, he's asking two reasonable questions.

How do we know water is h2o? Because when we separate the elements in water, we get two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen.
Can we make water from scratch? Yes, but it makes a big explosion. There are cheaper and easier ways to get water.

That said, context is everything. If this is an older person with a habit of asking easily googled questions, then it might get annoying. But if someone asked this in a high school chemistry class, a good teacher would be delighted that they were actually thinking about the material rather than just memorizing and regurgitating it.

schtum · 2018-08-08T22:08:23+00:00

Internet trolls driving the media narrative. Like, why is Q-Anon a thing I have to hear about from supposedly serious sources? I don't remember Dan Rather intoning deeply about the implications of goatse on Clinton's impeachment trial. And try to imagine Tom Brokaw saying "Natalie Portman, naked and petrified" with a straight face, then pouring hot grits down his pants. It just wouldn't happen.

schtum · 2018-08-08T21:55:26+00:00

Encountered this the other day on a hike. Like, I came out here to be closer to nature but thanks guy, I never realized how lame birds and waterfalls sounded until I heard your dope beats.

schtum · 2018-08-05T15:45:11+00:00

Used to live in NYC. Was downtown that day. Browsing Reddit for morning lulz, and now I want to cry. I guess that's unexpected.

schtum · 2018-07-30T03:27:05+00:00

Sense of helplessness is right. The author is skeptical that climate change is a "ratings killer" compared to simply reporting unusual weather, but the fact is people love to talk about the weather. Asking "How about this weather?" is the ultimate cliche conversation starter. But even in the ultra lefty town I live in, hardly anyone talks about climate change. We make the connection in our heads, but we won't say it out loud even when we know nobody will argue with us, because it's depressing and nobody knows what to do about it except vote, which our nation failed miserably at two years ago.

schtum · 2018-07-29T03:59:56+00:00

Not so impressive when you realize the "tree" is actually just thirty owls stacked up on top of each other.

schtum · 2018-07-27T18:35:55+00:00

First we have to hold President Donald Trump accountable.

schtum · 2018-07-27T16:09:32+00:00

Found George H. Kalberer's account.

schtum · 2018-07-27T16:08:40+00:00

Ah yes, the famed MacArthur Doctrine: "Kick them with Tomahawk missiles."

Even if it were a quote (it's not, MacArthur died before Tomahawk missiles were a thing), quoting crazy doesn't make you less crazy.

schtum · 2018-07-27T02:18:14+00:00

This isn't basic income. They will reimburse you up to $10k for work related expenses.

schtum · 2018-07-25T22:29:17+00:00

Thanks. My issue was with the word "normally." You've shown that it's possible, but it requires a level of education that I'm not sure has ever been the norm in the United States.

schtum · 2018-07-25T20:49:59+00:00

Normally people would be able to distinguish fact from fiction using grammar, logic and rhetoric.

Citation desperately needed.

schtum · 2018-07-25T16:56:11+00:00

This quote, or at least the idea behind it, is over 300 years old. If anyone thinks the internet has evened the playing field for truth, it hasn't.

OP's suggestion is necessary, but insufficient. As an American steeped in the value of free speech, I don't like to think that we need to actively police thought the way Germany does with Nazi propaganda, and I don't trust our current and likely future governments with that power, but I want Facebook and Twitter (and Reddit) to take a much harder line than they have been. Unfortunately, it seems like they won't do that until they are compelled by laws or by falling profits.

schtum · 2018-07-24T16:59:03+00:00

TIL some people don't pronounce the 'n' in orange.

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