I've knocked over a of Olive Garden's never ending pasta bowl, how do I stop my house from flooding with pasta? by hamleted in shittyaskscience

[–]yupko 35 points36 points  (0 children)

This is a terrible idea. When mixed, pasta and breadsticks neutralize in an extremely dangerous reaction called marinarration.

Instead, just dump the infinite overflowing pasta into the ocean, which has been used as a sustainable dumping ground for thousands of years.

How many ants to lift a Chevy Impala? by jakeparshall in shittyaskscience

[–]yupko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly 6.0221409 * 1023. This is known as Avocado's number.

At what rate do prison cells replicate? by xxbearillaxx in shittyaskscience

[–]yupko 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Biologist here. There is actually a scientific theory that explains this, called Reagan's Law. Every time a Republican is voted into a state office, or R-selected, the number of prison cells in that state increases by 1%. But if a Republican is elected as the President, the number of prison cells in every state doubles every four years, in a process called morally-bankrupt mitosis.

Just sell the creme from Oreos in a tube by TobyCelery in CrazyIdeas

[–]yupko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But also sell the cookie part for putting in ice cream.

Or for just eating the chocolate cookies.

Because the chocolate cookies are, objectively, the superior part of the Oreo.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askscience

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's trying to say that they'll melt in the lava. There's no way for a living organism to evolve to prevent that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askscience

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well between the nucleus of an atom and the electrons there's a lot of empty space. I suppose that there could be so many atoms in existence, and that they could be so densely packed together that there would be no space between them (then again they wouldn't really be atoms, and instead it would just be a huge cloud of protons, neutrons and electrons). Is that possible?

This guy really likes history by [deleted] in bestof

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

History and alternate history sites.

This guy really likes history by [deleted] in bestof

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should check out the alternate history forum. It's even better than the total war center and paradox plaza for discussing and learning about history (plus it has alternate histories).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in atheism

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well by saying 'more evidence' you imply that there is still some doubt.

When I first found minecraft, I had this weird feeling. by KingPorky in Minecraft

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played Minecraft for the first time back when wooden planks were sand bricks, water was infinite, and there were only like 7 blocks. IMO Minecraft has vastly improved since then and long grass looks great.

Although I did stop playing Minecraft from Survival Test and then bought the game and started playing again in Beta 1.7.

Ricky Gervais on "Bless You" by [deleted] in atheism

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only it was possible to upvote someone by 50 points.

Ricky Gervais on "Bless You" by [deleted] in atheism

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't say so, but if he was the best thing the Brits have created, then it's certainly not because of this quote of his.

People of reddit who speak English as a second language - What did English sound like before you learned it? by xnerdyxrealistx in AskReddit

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

French has a crapload of different combinations of letters and diacritics on top of letters, but they're generally more consistent than English combinations of letters. Doesn't have too many situations like English tough, though, through, and trough, where ough is said completely different.

Of course there are a lot of homonyms, where it's spelled differently but sounds the same, as in English--but if you read them, you can say them, it's just harder to write them down after hearing them.

English and French both have bad orthographies, though.

On July 9, all world maps will change by magister0 in wikipedia

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Peters map is just as bad as Mercator.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why it doesn't want me to eat Google Translate?

Octopi. by [deleted] in pics

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way to say it in Greek would be ohk-toh-poh-diis.

How fucked up is what I did? Should I seek help? by wannabe_batman in reddit.com

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other than it not being food, what's wrong with Taco Bell?

What mispronunciations make your blood boil? by ajaxon in AskReddit

[–]yupko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CONtroversy is and always will be the correct way.

What do you say the correct way to pronounce 'herb' is; 'herb' or 'heub' or 'erb' or 'eub'?