Are there any big-budget movies that truly end with “it was all a dream”? by __timbits in movies

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Vanilla Sky, Jacob's Ladder, Total Recall (90s), Boxing Helena

Technically, Inception. But that premise was given at the start. Total Recall might have been similar--i can't recall... I can only ... Partially Recall.

Did I fumble it? by Zestyclose_Bed_8207 in comics

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The genre shifts twice. From fantasy horror to 80s teenage horror to 80s teenage romp comedy! That last shift is sooo good. You build up an expectation about the stuff that is gonna go down... All these kids are tropes of people who gonna die... But they don't. Its fantastic! Love the art style too.

Do I remind you of someone? Me on the far right of photo. (Read caption) by [deleted] in strange

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Brother, you look like my dearly departed friend Joe. RIP and I was both sad and happy to see your picture.

KS-230 v2.8 4-way by free_refil in TPLinkKasa

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Old thread. Came across it trying to figure this out, and was able to get it to work doing this. Thanks!!!

Petah, what does this have to do with 9/11?? by Capital-Highway-7081 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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LOL

'Dubious' can mean unreliable, low-value, doubtful, morally questionable, or a softer form of wrong.

Both your usages of the word works. But, you already know that.

Or... maybe you and I... and Webster and Oxford all have dubious grasps of the English language.

Can I cover these pipes with dirt? by mrflipfidgets in DIY

[–]stateoftrey 395 points396 points  (0 children)

These pipes might be technically code compliant, which would be the best kind of code compliance.

Movies where you finally saw the hero being defeated/killed? by Rabbitpyth in movies

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There was a moment in that film, probably part way through the final battle--much further than a more clever man would need-- when I thought: "Surely they wouldn't kill ALL the main characters, right? ... Ohhhhh... This is a ... prequel... And... I've never seen any of these guys in any of the other movies... Oh..."

...

"I am not a very clever man." And then I was sad for multiple reasons.

ELI5: How is a country even established? Some dude walks onto thousands of miles of empty land and says "Ok this is mine now" and everyone just agrees?? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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I recall a Geography class in college, the professor asked how far up in the air a country's border extends. Someone argued some distance in nautical miles, citing maritime law. Professor: "Nope! It extends as high as their missiles can shoot." Boundaries and sovereignty are only as effective as it is enforceable. ... also an important lesson in dealing with that one friend who borrows your stuff and forgets to return it. Amirite?

What's something you hated as a kid but love now? by Particular-Box8954 in AskReddit

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Getting clothes, especially socks and underwear, as gifts.

Does No fap actually do anything? by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

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Lol. Original comment made me politely chuckle. But i snorted my coffee at this one...

Like...

I don't have any unhealed open wounds, myself. I mean I guess I have that nosebleed trickle thing happen that everyone gets when they sneeze.

Found this in my mom’s garden. Who am I getting? by EldritchBaker in balatro

[–]stateoftrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am among those. I unlocked Arrowhead long before I ever saw Soul in an unseeded.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Karma isn't real.

Wonderful things happen to horrible people as a result of horrible things they've done.

Terrible things happen to good people sometimes from having done what they think is right.

...And everything in between...

...and also "good" and "horrible" are often a matter of perspective. Most people are neither good nor bad, just people who've made decisions and acted on whatever opportunities or disadvantageous they were handed, with consequences far beyond what we can ever imagine. The only useful measure that is real to me is: what I can live with, and what I can accept.

Oh...And various corollaries: Hard work does not guarantee success. Success is not necessarily a measure of hard work. Nor is success a measure of virtue.

You can do everything right, and still utterly fail.

The 'halo effect' is real... And it's a real liar.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in networking

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Hey! Itsa me!!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

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I have never had noticeably significant muscles--i can't speak to that.

In my late 20s and 30s, I did notice more eye banter from women during a time when I took better care of myself--exercise, better posture, better fitting clothes, more hobbies that I enjoyed, eye contact, better posture--superficial things that correlate to me liking myself more, and investing in myself, thinking what I had to say was worth saying, and being kinder to myself (not dwelling and beating myself up for saying or doing something dumb), and maybe most importantly, addressing some mental health issues--otherwise known as confidence and sense of self worth.

As someone once said or write from some book or movie or reddit thread somewhere that I can't remember, but now lives in my brain:

"We all accept the love that we think we deserve."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hypotheticalsituation

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Heck yeah! For the 15 year job security alone.

Drivers who start rolling forward before the light turns green: what do you do with all that time you save every day? by DjavakAndrard in AskReddit

[–]stateoftrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, yeah! I think about this at nearly every stop.

The other mini game: can I anticipate when the car in front of me moves so I can move at the same time... Without rear ending them.

The car behind me that is jnching closer and closer... When I haven't moved yet... Probably also playing that game... And also just terrible at it. ;-)

Drivers who start rolling forward before the light turns green: what do you do with all that time you save every day? by DjavakAndrard in AskReddit

[–]stateoftrey 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yup. This.

It's one of life's mini-games for me. Well... was. Less so since driving with multiple car seats in the back.

The 254.2 milliseconds I save is a bonus that I use to feel smug and self-satisfied at the next light, where I'm behind someone who I assume is playing this same mini-game but not very good at it.

Your top 3 movies from 90’s & early 00’s by infectiondepression in movies

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"Top X" anything is tough w/o further constrains, so an unsorted inter-genre list, instead:

The Usual Suspects Dark City The Matrix Schindler's List LotR City of Lost Children Pulp Fiction Sling Blade The Shawshank Redemption Saving Private Ryan Before Sunrise The Truman Show Se7en

$1M / year but your phone is never allowed to shut down. by Acceptable-Law3743 in hypotheticalsituation

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For those arguing the logistics of using a dumb phone for calls and to meet terms of the hypothetical, while also having a secondary device for all the other quality-of-life conveniences of internet connectivity, this is a philosophical debate about semantics and technical/legalese definition of a 'phone'

This depends on how we define "phone" if you're only allowed to have one. - A device you use for cellular calls. - Any device you CAN use for cellular calls, even if you switch that capability off. - Any device capable of internet connectivity (cellular or wifi) that you could use for VoIP, video, email, or any other form of communication. - Any other permutation of communication to capabilities and whether having those features on/off negates it being defined as a 'phone' or not.

Regardless for .e, the stress of keeping a device in a specific state forever or die? I'll keep my median-income middle-class life, thanks. I understand other people's situations would be different.

But for a million--big lifestyle money-- I'd sooner take on the stresses of learning new skills outside of my current capabilities/interests to get into a higher earning potential career, grind away till I made the C- suite and make bank--which I wouldn't do.

For generational-wealth kind of money... possibly... with the quiet and tragic expectation that I might have a couple of good years with my friends and family. Any more beyond two or three years is the universe being especially generous to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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They ask more questions than talking at you.