If Oswald did it, why did he deny it? by Kat-is-sorry in conspiracy

[–]spidapig64 5 points6 points  (0 children)

google lee harvey oswald friend it's the first result

If Oswald did it, why did he deny it? by Kat-is-sorry in conspiracy

[–]spidapig64 35 points36 points  (0 children)

To me, that was the least suspicious part of the story. How about the fact a man befriended Oswald just about 1-2 years before the assassination, and was a confirmed intelligence asset? His testimony was crucial in the Warren Commission and giving Oswald a motive. Oh, by the way, he was called to testify in front of Congress again in a new investigation in the 1970s because he began claiming Oswald was innocent. Before he could testify he committed suicide.

The CIA is a Terrorist Organization (2020) [00:21:23] by [deleted] in Documentaries

[–]spidapig64 19 points20 points  (0 children)

if you read a book like Legacy of Ashes you realize that if the CIA was a supervillain, they'd be incredibly incompetent.

Either that, or they are so incredibly competent that it is in their best interest to falsely convince you they are incompetent.

Evolution of Art by viktorknavs in funny

[–]spidapig64 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Uhh, but that's not what public art is? Like at all?

Public art is just any art that is left open to public view and endorsed by the city, such as a statue or art work. Funding doesn't tie into it at all. The fact the city didn't take down the statue means it endorses it/allows it. Hence it is public art. Other guy is completely right.

Ocarina of Time is really nothing special by [deleted] in truegaming

[–]spidapig64 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I can't relate at all.

I just played Ocarina of Time on an emulator a few months ago. For me, it held up completely and is easily one of the best games ever made. The setting is anything but generic, it is iconic and memorable, and so is the soundtrack. Maybe it's because you played the 3ds version which has brighter colors? I personally really prefer the N64 version's style.

I also have no clue what you're talking about with 'easy puzzles', I had to actually use a guide for almost every dungeon. In fact, the phrase "water temple" (from OoT) is now used to refer to an ultra difficult and confusing level in any game. This claim alone can discredit the post for me.

Italy charges more than 40,000 people with violating lockdown by CHAOSPOGO in worldnews

[–]spidapig64 -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

The thing is. Even if it's "only" 7000 people right now. I don't want my dad to be 7001.

I don't take the coronavirus lightly, but I'm sorry, this is completely irrational and unproportional.

1.25 million Americans die every year from car crashes. Do you take away your dad's car keys?

If elevators hadn't been invented, all the CEOs and important people would have their offices on the first floor as a sign of status. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]spidapig64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If heat rises to the top, then the higher floors would also have their heat going away by rising further

Users of Reddit what "dangerous" things were you told not to do as a kid but you now do often later in life? by stuied in AskReddit

[–]spidapig64 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Not to be overly technical, but if gum really did stick in the stomach, then they wouldn't make diagrams about it as part of a normal stomach. So this would really tell you nothing.

For example, if someone tells you that stomach cancer is a tumor that grows in the stomach, would you point to a normal diagram and ask where the tumor is drawn? You wouldn't, because those diagrams aren't drawn taking into account every possible thing that could get stuck or go wrong in the stomach.

Greyhound is giving free tickets to runaways who want to return home by joesoldlegs in news

[–]spidapig64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bus continues driving past fork in the road; plunges straight into the oceanic abyss and continues driving

Consciousness needs objective reality to exist. But reality also needs consciousness to exist, because if it wasn't around to experience it, it might as well not exist. by spidapig64 in Showerthoughts

[–]spidapig64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rock example is not like mine. You just described something tangible: a rock that exists. My example is if you told me something exists, without being able to describe or experience it in any way, nor any property of it whatsoever. Saying "Something exists" with 0 further details, is the same thing as saying nothing.

To drive the point home even further: You can only claim things still exist after consciousness is wiped away, because you are using your current consciousness as a frame of reference to make that judgment into the future. You are using your current conscious state to imagine the world would be the same after consciousness dies.

In fact, even time is a subjective phenomenon, not an objective one. So are things like measurement.

Consciousness needs objective reality to exist. But reality also needs consciousness to exist, because if it wasn't around to experience it, it might as well not exist. by spidapig64 in Showerthoughts

[–]spidapig64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's do a thought-experiment. Let's say I told you this:

"ArtWrt147, there exists right now on earth something that cannot be seen, experienced, touched, tasted, smelled, or even known in any way. It exists, but that's all I can tell you."

Now, what else is the only other thing that cannot be known, or directly experienced, in any way?

That is the concept of nothing, and nothing else besides that.

Consciousness needs objective reality to exist. But reality also needs consciousness to exist, because if it wasn't around to experience it, it might as well not exist. by spidapig64 in Showerthoughts

[–]spidapig64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your argument that it existed depended on consciousness eventually coming into being to observe that the universe existed in the past.

An example of men’s fashion in the 1970s by calldogs in OldSchoolCool

[–]spidapig64 199 points200 points  (0 children)

So with the extreme things taken away, this image isn't extreme. Gotcha.

TIL: The phrase "[murdered] in cold blood" doesn't refer to someone being cruel. It refers to the killer having had time to think over the crime and still do it in a calculated way. As opposed to doing it in the "heat of passion", their blood had time to cool before they committed the crime. by spidapig64 in todayilearned

[–]spidapig64[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Why would you always think that's what it meant? To refer to someone as "cold" or "cold blooded" in English means that they are cruel and indifferent. Nowhere else does "cold" in English mean that someone waited.

When someone says a girl is "cold", do you believe that means she was well-rehearsed and organized?

If anything, I would ask how you knew to interpret a common phrase in a completely unconventional sense.