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substantial-freud t1_jdsyjsh wrote
Reply to comment by Peterd1900 in TIL that Australia's longest serving aircraft carrier never fired a shot in anger during her service, but did kill over 150 Allied soldiers in two separate accidental ramming incidents by nyckidd
Of course, and they have lifeboats, but if they are using them, something is seriously wrong.
substantial-freud t1_jdnetkv wrote
Reply to TIL that Australia's longest serving aircraft carrier never fired a shot in anger during her service, but did kill over 150 Allied soldiers in two separate accidental ramming incidents by nyckidd
Do aircraft carriers usually fire shots?
substantial-freud t1_jcpfzxf wrote
Reply to You only need to experience food poisonings once to be careful of what you'll eat for the rest of your life by Holiday_Chemistry_72
I am still uncontrollably squeamish about chicken being the slightest bit off after getting moderate food poisoning in 1985.
substantial-freud t1_j9r1p7l wrote
Reply to comment by lostfromwandering in TIL about the birthday effect. A statistical phenomenon where an individual's likelihood of death appears to increase on or close to their birthday, variously attributed to alcohol consumption, psychological stress, increased suicide risk, and other factors. by Deechon
Not that!
“Attribute”, as the word suggests, means to regard something or someone as the cause of something else.
If a phenomenon is “variously attributed” is that there are various theories about the cause, not necessarily that there are several causes.
substantial-freud t1_j9r13qy wrote
Reply to comment by WR810 in TIL about the birthday effect. A statistical phenomenon where an individual's likelihood of death appears to increase on or close to their birthday, variously attributed to alcohol consumption, psychological stress, increased suicide risk, and other factors. by Deechon
I would want to die the day before.
That way, I will have lived exactly 100 years (or whatever).
substantial-freud t1_j9c0hs6 wrote
Reply to TIL: The Graveyard of the Pacific is a place where 2,000 ships have wrecked and more than 700 lives have been lost. This is due to unpredictable weather conditions, including storms and fog, and dangerous coastal characteristics, including shifting sandbars, tidal rips, and rocky reefs. by iboughtarock
That’s a really good ratio. I would have thought the average shipwreck caused at least one fatality.
substantial-freud t1_j93wk5y wrote
Reply to comment by etherjack in TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long. by class-in-a-glass
Good try. All of us know what you did.
substantial-freud t1_j8tfvie wrote
Reply to comment by RonSwansonsOldMan in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma
That happens in the movie too.
substantial-freud t1_j8tfqnm wrote
Reply to comment by Scottland83 in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma
People stay calm in an emergency when they have something to do.
YouTube has a bunch of ATC recordings with lines like “the cargo is on fire” and “the pilot’s dead” said in near-monotone, because the people saying them are too busy trying to not die to get all emotional. If you were in that situation, you’d be the same.
If you were sitting in the back though, with nothing to do but hope the people in the front solve the problem and wonder if maybe you should have driven, you’d be freaking the fuck out.
substantial-freud t1_j873uda wrote
Reply to comment by hsvsunshyn in TIL that the EU has a blacklist for airlines they consider unsafe, even if they don’t fly within Europe by humanesadness
When I saw the title, I knew the OP had watched that video.
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Reply to comment by ActualGiantPenguin in TIL that Taylor Lautner's wife is also named Taylor Lautner by a_hall
I used to date a girl whose name was pronounced “me”. I did not call her that during sex.
Before her, I dated a girl whose name was pronounced “I”. I would not call her that during sex, but only once at a time. More than that, I would sound Mexican.
Not kidding.
substantial-freud OP t1_j7d5dwa wrote
Reply to comment by smoothandnutty in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
Everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die.
substantial-freud OP t1_j7a3gkg wrote
Reply to comment by Luckiest in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
God know, I did.
substantial-freud OP t1_j7a3dyt wrote
Reply to comment by BlondieeAggiee in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
23andMe is your friend.
substantial-freud OP t1_j78rf5c wrote
Reply to comment by zebtacular in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
I had exactly the same experience!
I didn’t tell the census about though.
substantial-freud OP t1_j787e7e wrote
Reply to comment by Vader_Von_Vader in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
You never go full Cherokee.
substantial-freud OP t1_j77rqui wrote
Reply to comment by Rabbitsatemycheese in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
Oh sure. It’s a huge advantage to be disadvantaged.
But this is not that. These are people who are suddenly identifying as NA solely for their own gratification… which is weird if you ask me.
substantial-freud OP t1_j77prvf wrote
Reply to comment by Rabbitsatemycheese in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
What you call yourself on the census will have no effect on that.
substantial-freud OP t1_j77pmz0 wrote
Reply to comment by Kayman718 in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
A few years ago, I found out that I am /64th Taíno. So far as I know, there is no payout coming my way
substantial-freud OP t1_j77oia0 wrote
Reply to comment by RobinsShaman in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud
Not a lot of money in identifying as Native American on the Census.
substantial-freud t1_j5zafrv wrote
Reply to comment by This_Bug_6771 in TIL Prison Rodeo is a real thing - inmates play poker in the middle of a rodeo with a raging bull and have to sit and resist the urge to run from it in order to win money by gravitasgamer
The “demonic influence” here being… Reddit.
substantial-freud t1_j5vqxdw wrote
Reply to comment by This_Bug_6771 in TIL Prison Rodeo is a real thing - inmates play poker in the middle of a rodeo with a raging bull and have to sit and resist the urge to run from it in order to win money by gravitasgamer
[Apparently, the previous Redditor was under the misimpression that Reddit was product of New Zealand. Ditto with the device he used to access it, the OS it runs, the communication network they talk over, the computers that run the server, their OS. Ditto with most movies he sees, most websites he visits, most of the technology that sustains his life, most of the culture he enjoys..]
substantial-freud t1_j5vhwpu wrote
Reply to comment by machisuji in TIL about medically unexplained symptoms, almost 1/4 of all people who visit a GP in the UK have phsyical conditions that cannot be explained by gorge_orwoll
Anti-viral drugs are a thing.
substantial-freud t1_jeatxeg wrote
Reply to TIL that Kurt Cobain got the inspiration to make Nirvana's famous song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" when Kathleen Hanna, the singer of the band "Bikini Kill" wrote "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a board. Teen Spirit was a woman's deodorant and he didn't knew it until he was done with the song. by WonderfulWanderer777
Teen Spirit, as the name suggests, was aimed at very young women.
The point of the jibe was that Cobain was sleeping with someone inappropriately young for him.