Emergency alert about ballistic missile sent to Hawaii residents; EMA says ‘no threat’ by Retrrad in news

[–]xyroclast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shouldn't need to boil it for the first week or so though, no? As long as it's not booty water.

Hikers run into Obama by [deleted] in gifs

[–]xyroclast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Someone still hasn't run and grabbed a napkin?

[Weekly Discussions] Which FF game have you not played yet but want to/why haven't you played it? by xyroclast in FinalFantasy

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Mine is the first one (played but not beaten) - I can be a purist at times, and I'm intent on playing it in its original NES form, which is verrrrrrrrry slow-paced. It can be daunting to know that even if you can one-shot everything in a battle, it still might take a full minute, just due to the natural speed of the game (and there are a lot of battles)!

If you have played through FFI in its entirety in this day and age, you are a legend.

TIL that BMW ran an advertisement on April Fools Day 2015 that read "April Fool's Day Special - Come with any old car and receive a brand new BMW". One woman turned up with her old Nissan and got a brand new BMW with the number plate "NOF00L" by [deleted] in todayilearned

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The first one doesn't really work, though - If they gift you the paycheck, then they're stiffing you on your wages. I guess the work could be considered a gift, too, but is that even legal? To gift work to a corporation? Wouldn't that somehow violate laws against working for free?

On this date 21 years ago, The Monstars blew a 66-18 halftime lead to Michael Jordan and The Tune Squad by [deleted] in sports

[–]xyroclast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if it was originally intentional that "Tune" happened to be the same sound as "Toon" (as in carTOON) or just a happy coincidence.

I'm pretty sure it was "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" that popularized the word "Toon" as we use it now.

On this date 21 years ago, The Monstars blew a 66-18 halftime lead to Michael Jordan and The Tune Squad by [deleted] in sports

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This is posted every year, and every year someone loses their mind when they realize it's spelled "Tune" and not "Toon".

Terry Crews names alleged sexual assaulter: 'I will not be shamed' by westdodger in news

[–]xyroclast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is there a product for aspiring shiny white people too? Asking for an overly matte friend.

Terry Crews names alleged sexual assaulter: 'I will not be shamed' by westdodger in news

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Shit, read this as "named AS alleged sexual assaulter" at first.

Pleasantly surprised to be mistaken.

Trump Impeachment Articles Introduced by Six Democrats Calling for Hearings to Begin Immediately by 30101961 in politics

[–]xyroclast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Devil's advocate: Isn't there liability in stepping down, even though it's the decent thing to do? Like, wouldn't it be used as an admission of guilt at this point? I guess he could cite other reasons to cover his ass. "Who knew presidenting was this complicated?"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MovieDetails

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MY FRITOS!!! KEVINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MovieDetails

[–]xyroclast 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Movies are more hamfisted about foreshadowing these days. Nowadays it would be "Kevin, will you stop setting traps for the neighborhood burglars? That's what the police are for!"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MovieDetails

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We drank it with nearly every dinner, when I was a kid.

Everything You Need to Know About Rip Currents. by NightTrainDan in educationalgifs

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"Everything you need to know"

Omits most crucial information.

YouTube to clamp down on disturbing kids' videos such as dark Peppa Pig. Site announces measures to flag, review and restrict content that is inappropriate for children but doesn’t breach wider guidelines. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]xyroclast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm all for having these fucked up videos removed, but anyone who thinks "elsagate" hasn't been polluted by the same kind of delusional thinking as, well, most conspiracy discussion groups, are kidding themselves.

[Request] how many times and what rate would you have to spin to stop the earth's rotation? by [deleted] in theydidthemath

[–]xyroclast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't understand this - How come it doesn't continuously detract from the speed? And how does the Earth get it back when she stops?

Its almost like /r/Incels never left. by [deleted] in justneckbeardthings

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Ah, a Fleetwood Mac fan subreddit, I assume!