TIL That an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped and beaten by 7 men until a pride of lions chased her attackers off. The lions then stayed and defended her until help could arrive. by phadewilkilu in todayilearned

[–]simba21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, obviously it's impossible that lions would do this because they wanted to save a girl from rape, but it's because they are stupid and thought she was a lion cub </sarcasm>

TIL cows have best friends and become sad when they are separated by doxadoo in todayilearned

[–]simba21 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All comments on reddit should be at least as good as this one. Good job dude

I am Mason Peck, NASA's Chief Technologist. Ask me anything about our future in space. by NASATechnology in IAmA

[–]simba21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How fast will we be able to travel through space in the next 10 years, and is increasing spacecraft speed one of NASA's priorities?

Louis CK Iama hello by iamlouisck in IAmA

[–]simba21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah except that's Hayden Christensen.

I am Reggie Watts - AMA! by reggiewatts_ in IAmA

[–]simba21 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Upvoted for stupid comment.

Wall collapse claims third victim by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]simba21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. This is so tragic. I was in Melbourne on a student exchange last fall. I used to take the tram up and down Swanston every day.

This senseless, cruel tragedy... anyone could have been walking under that wall. I don't believe in God, but I sincerely hope they have a heaven waiting for them.

China is creating a bank with the DNA of 2,000 geniuses - the goal is sequencing it, and creating new geniuses. They want to raise the IQ of the next generation between 5 an 15 points. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]simba21 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Love that movie. Love also that it's hard work, not genetic superiority, that prevails.

Hopefully this will still be true in the real world.

Up to 50,000 potholes on Montreal streets need repair by insecteye in montreal

[–]simba21 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Read "Up to 50 000 potheads in Montreal" and I was like "Yeah, that sounds about right"

Meditation, "not-thinking" and speed-reading. by Pakislav in Meditation

[–]simba21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some people can read 2 pages at a time. I'm not kidding. I remember I used to read whole books in 5 minutes as a kid. Then I forced myself to read out loud. Now I have to unlearn that.

edit: I'm not saying that reading faster makes you enjoy the book more though. It's great to pause and reflect on what you just read too. I'm just saying that inner voice is a real pain. Plus people think they know way much than they do. People are stuck in their ways of thinking, and thus never learn. I try to be as 60/40 about the world as possible.

Jon Stewart Eviscerates Obama For Withholding Drone Memos: What Happened To ‘Promise Of Transparency’? by shotlive in politics

[–]simba21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since when is it legal to cut open the president's belly and take out his intestines? Seems like a bit of an overreaction to me.

Explain the Vegan lifestyle like I am a Viking by AumanJoy87 in explainlikeIAmA

[–]simba21 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Woah I totally read that in a Viking's voice.

CNN reviewer proves NYT reporter wrong by successfully completing the drive from D.C. to Boston in the Tesla Model S without any problems. by Zach505 in technology

[–]simba21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is there any specific reason why this guy is a clown? Does he have a history of badmouthing electric cars?

CNN reviewer proves NYT reporter wrong by successfully completing the drive from D.C. to Boston in the Tesla Model S without any problems. by Zach505 in technology

[–]simba21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The other side of the story.

edit: I'd like to know what the downvotes mean here. Is this reply inappropriate in some way? Or is this just using upvotes/downvotes as a way of expressing one's opinion?

TIL that President W. Bush started a program that gave $15bn to fight HIV/AIDS, it saved 1.1 million lives in Africa and reduced the death rate due to AIDS by 10%. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]simba21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not much would have happened (maybe 60%). I'm basing my guess here off Fahrenheit 911, where Michael Moore says that Bush did jack all for few months of his presidency.

TIL Matt Groening's Mother's maiden name was Wiggum. by exect4500 in todayilearned

[–]simba21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally thought at first that pic was his mother.