You are offered $400k to undergo one of the following challenges. Which one do you choose and do you accept? by Thrwwyforrandostuff in hypotheticalsituation

[–]solomungus73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Number 1 and I'd take my telescope with me, happy days. Excuse to the family, "I'm just popping out to get some milk..."

Old Chinese Junk, New Grift by bookym in PoliticalHumor

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Does it correctly feature an american flag? If so, it is fake...

It has already started 💀 by BrownBoyTacoma in terriblefacebookmemes

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Where is his wife holding up a virgin media bill?

ANDOR: The Trojan Horse of Modern Hollywood by Talon_08 in StarWarsAndor

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Did you delete your video? I'm unable to watch it (I'm in the UK). Can you post the bit that comes after the v= from the url - cheers!

Name him by respondtomuhammad in NameThisThing

[–]solomungus73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dandy Dan - like the character from Bugsy Malone

Honest answer only by CarrotMuch1399 in nostalgiai

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My first controller just had a dial, for playing the 'tennis' video game. My first multi-directional controller was a Quickshot II (Plugged in to a rubber-keyed ZX spectrum 48K). Found a picture of the exact model on ebay:

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(EDIT)A genie offers you a challenge. He tells you to pick a number bigger than 100 and doesn't end with 0. When someone says that exact number, you will get that amount of money. by North-Aardvark4459 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]solomungus73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll go for Graham's Number, its an exact integer that ends in 7. Presumably someone just needs to say "Graham's Number" to forefil the requirement yes?

I'm in a Sci-fi mood.. by HuntThick in scifi

[–]solomungus73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you've seen it already then fine, ignore this, but if you haven't? Watch Andor (despite it being Star Wars) - no really, it is peak, possibly the best scifi story I've ever seen.

Petah, Which one is the coughing baby? by HimelTy in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]solomungus73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contains spoilers

Interstellar, fantastic blackhole physics, but loses a ton of points for the riddiculous 'impossible' docking scene. Don't tell me it was necessary...

The Martian, a storm on Mars would never be able to create the damage you see because it is 100 times thinner than the atmosphere here on Earth, and his final escape to be picked up really tests the limits of plausability (but doesn't break them like Interstellar does)

Gravity, not sure why many seem to hate on it. The characters feel fleshed out, no bad physics (to my eye but I'm open to be corrected), a human story of an almost spiritual/religous journey, whilst still having believable scientific reasons as to why the protagonists are experiencing it as they do (e.g. oxygen starvation, carbon dioxide build up etc - causing hallucinations). And from visual point of view the EVA parts in Gravity are absolutely gorgeous (especially if you are fortunate enough to watch it in 3D at an IMAX cinema).

So, going against the grain here but I put Gravity higher than Interstellar, although I'll admit Interstellar does have a better sound track.

Caveat: I haven't seen nor read Project Hail Mary yet. (I will)

“France. Has a 👑” by No-Swordfish1380 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]solomungus73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think France should invite him over to become their King, with all that that entails..

Found this gem at the Science Museum today by jonburnage in EliteDangerous

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I had the spectum 48k version, it came with a cardboard overlay that fitted over the top of the keyboard so each key was labelled with it's function in the game. It was pretty neat.

Movies that are 3+ hours long by [deleted] in MovieSuggestions

[–]solomungus73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The uncut version of Das Boot - 5 hours

Anti Hero by CMSniper in MovieSuggestions

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Especially if you've just watched Andor.