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- Comment on My friends are by my side 1 day ago:
Many people don't get them till they start approaching middle age. Like everything else that relates to the body, enjoy the good quality vision while you can
- Comment on Anon uses 4chan 2 days ago:
That has nothing to do with whether a site is an imageboard. Obviously there are a zillion differences between 4chan and Pinterest, but none that make Pinterest not an image board
- Comment on Anon uses 4chan 2 days ago:
If it's such a clear disparity then explain to me how Pinterest isn't an imageboard?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
I'm ok with there being some amount of wealth disparity, but nothing even close to like homeless vs. owns a yacht with a helipad. But before it's ok to have moderate wealth disparity we have to first meet the basic needs of all people including healthy and comfortable food, water, sanitation, housing, and healthcare.
- Comment on Anon uses 4chan 2 days ago:
They are imageboards. Just because their layout is slicker than imageboards used to look like 25 years ago doesn't make them not imageboards
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/imageboard
- Comment on Anon uses 4chan 2 days ago:
It's not even remotely the biggest image board. The biggest image board is Instagram or Pinterest or some site like that.
- Comment on Evolution be like... 4 days ago:
Absolute win. Biggest animal in earth's history, top of the food chain with zero predators side from humans, travel over practically the entire globe.
- Comment on shoutout to finland 1 week ago:
Oh god i ate Super Flyers once and there was no english on the wrapper so naturally i was expecting it to be sweet before i bit into it - yuck!
- Comment on Chinese Maglev test vehicle sets world record, accelerating from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds 1 week ago:
There are non-transportation uses for it. Namely for weapons.
- Comment on Chinese Maglev test vehicle sets world record, accelerating from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds 1 week ago:
Yeah this link says most people can only take 4 to 6 g, but fighter pilots can take up to 9.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/whats-the-maximum-speed-a-human-can-withstand
- Comment on RIP and thanks for the meme 2 weeks ago:
That doesn't even really tell the true story. The fact is that the original version was an unremarkable piece that wasn't important or monetarily valuable, and it was in bad shape and rapidly deteriorating. If she did nothing then the piece would've been destroyed soon anyway.
Additionally, her restoration process was still unfinished when it got famous, and while it probably never would've looked great, it also might've looked better if she was able to complete the process
- Comment on I promise, no one can tell that you're high at work, trust me 3 weeks ago:
High or drunk - people can often tell.
Mushrooms - no one can tell unless you're tripping hard.
- Comment on Do you ever watch old classic TV shows and realize that they are all dead 3 weeks ago:
What is b5
- Comment on OP has a realization 4 weeks ago:
Seriously, you think building a world-separating spacetime bubble that can instantly travel lightyears away is believable, but that programming it to stay on a smooth predictable course along an orbital path is NOT believable?
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 4 weeks ago:
I don't understand what you don't understand. It's in so many soups and recipes because people like it. Most people love chocolate, but there are a small number of people who hate it. Different people have different tastes. It could be genetic, it could be a bad association that built up in your formative years, or whatever.
- Comment on since we're cornposting, here's a picture of my roasted corn tea 5 weeks ago:
What's it taste like?
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, who is going to be on which side? 5 weeks ago:
Israel and Turkey won't be on the same side
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/rival-foe-why-turkey-now-views-israel-threat
- Comment on Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common? 5 weeks ago:
Eh, if you believe that god is omnipotent then it's not really hubristic to think that god can easily have a personal relationship with every living being, which includes you
- Comment on Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common? 5 weeks ago:
If someone scripted my life then he needs a massive kick in the nuts
- Comment on Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice 5 weeks ago:
That's fucking crazy wtf
- Comment on Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice 5 weeks ago:
Wait, why is imgur blocked in the uk?
- Comment on A rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it. 5 weeks ago:
This planet isn't in our solar system. We've found 6,053 exoplanets already, so it's a safe bet that there's lots more of them than you're aware of
- Comment on well I take the gremlin 1 month ago:
Friend group? What's that?
- Comment on well I take the gremlin 1 month ago:
I'd say at different times of my life I've been ALL of these
- Comment on Is it completely impossible to do age verification without compromising privacy? 1 month ago:
I think it should be easy to identify when an account is being shared. For example if it's used from different ip addresses within a short amount of time
- Comment on Is there a word for when someone is not capable of, or doesn't try to understand verbal communication in a language, they are fluent in similar to functionally illiterate but for speech? 1 month ago:
If you can't understand a language then you aren't fluent in it.
- Comment on Parking police 1 month ago:
Would this work as depicted? Wouldn't it just be a blur?
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 1 month ago:
It sounds like OP does want to get together with some of their family, they just don't know how to deal with that one individual
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 1 month ago:
Just politely say "I don't want to talk about that, let's talk about tv shows, what's your favorite comedy right now?" (Or whatever other mutually fun topic you want to talk about.) If he tries to keep talking about the topic just repeat that you're not gonna talk about that and offer a second new topic. If he still wants to keep talking about it say "alright I'm gonna go talk to someone else about a different topic, I'll catch you later", then walk away from him
- Comment on Labcoat! 1 month ago:
He's just like me!