Someone Asked “What Are You Certain Of, Right Down To Your Bones, Without Proof?” And 40 Folks Delivered
We perceive reality judging the facts we are given. We know that some things are true because we have proof or logical explanations for them. But there are things that we just know are true that we don't have evidence for. It might be things in your personal life or just about life in general.
Because there is no evidence for such things, everyone can believe what they want. Reddit user UnbentJohnson came up with the question, "What do you KNOW is true without evidence? What are you certain of, right down to your bones, without proof?" The Reddit thread got nearly 100k upvotes and more than 50k people shared what they believe is true but it could be difficult to convince others that it is.
What would you answer to this question? We are curious to know, so leave a comment down below and upvote the answers that you feel might be true!
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Not everyone is meant to raise a child. Just because you can biologically create a child or financially support one does not mean you are meant to raise one.
Unfortunately yes and some proofs are not obvious as it's psychological abuse
Load More Replies...This is the best one. I haven't read any of the others but I know none of them will be better than this one.
I know I'm not, even though people keep telling me I'm good with kids.
No matter what happens, no matter what I do or don’t do, no matter what I achieve or fail at: I know my dog will still love me and wag his tail when I get home.
That’s great, but it can be ruined by people who see this fact and acknowledge it and reap the benefits but refuse to show others the same kind of unconditional love. I don’t mean loving your husband after he turns into a murderous bigot or something. I mean people have so many conditions on their love towards their own partners and families and friends. But then praise a dog for not. All while bragging about their boundaries and rules and expectations.
Sadly...many of them most certainly WILL. We don't deserve our wonderful doggie friends...
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That gardening is the secret to happiness.
Sounds super strange, especially coming from someone like myself - an ex world of Warcraft gamer. I had kids, got busy with work, wanted out of the suburbs, got some land in the country, and started planting stuff. Years later I have what I call a food forest. I have replaced lawns with fruit trees, bushes, vines, flowers, all woven together to mimic a natural forest - except everything in it is edible.
It has changed my life completely.
I just think there's something about being outside in the sun, feet on soil, hands in dirt, planting s***. Watching it grow in the background of your life. Going out and checking on it and watching how much bigger it is getting. Watching life find it, and now you get to live WITH the natural world, not isolated from it.
Birds making nests in your trees, frogs making home in your ponds, seeing bees all around your flowers, butterflies everywhere. Rabbits and squirrels moving in, then owls moving in to eat those. It's this wonderful trophic cascade that you started, and it's incredibly rewarding.
Plus, being able to just walk outside and get chemical-free nutrient-rich dinner is amazing.
I actually think a big reason depression is such a big thing these days is because we have all become so disconnected from the life that we evolved in for the last 6 million years. We evolved walking around savannahs and forests, pulling food off bushes and trees, out in the sun, feet in the soil, hands in the dirt. We couldn't be further from that, living inside our isolated homes, cars and offices. It's no wonder we're all so depressed.
I think gardening is the secret to happiness.
That may well be the case. I too garden. But- this is completely subjective. A gear head may say fixing cars is the "key to happiness", an ascetic may say not indulging is-
I have a garden but I hate it. I hate being out in the sun, getting my hands dirty and bending over kills my hip. I have the garden because everyone around me pressured me into it. Definitely not for me.
Haha, same! Bought a house with a big garden, convinced I'd get into it. Nope. Hate, hate, hate it. The bugs, the dirt, the bending over, the constant battle against the elements (water the plants, it's too dry, whoop, now it's too wet and there's weeds everywhere, whoop, now it's autumn, time to rake those leaves). Yuck.
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I couldn't live without access to internet, I'll admit that, but I also couldn't live without having even a small space to call a garden, where I can grow some herbs and such, which is what I currently am doing, alongside some tomato plants and peppers etc. When you have something you grow that you can turn into a meal that same day there's such a sense of pride that makes you feel great. That said, unfortunately sometimes sadness and depression can't be helped, I'm Schizophrenic and have DID so my mental health is rubbish, but gardening is a good way to keep your mind off of things too.
Hard disagree on this one. You found your passion and that's fantastic for you, but everyone's secret to happiness differs. My parents love to garden but I despise it. I take greater comfort in city noise than wildlife noise. People suffer from harsh allergies to the point of death. Again, good for you, but never assume what works for you is an insta fix for all.
I love the wild, the forests, the mountains, the moors, but not those manicured lawns and flower pots.
That there is other intelligent life in the universe. We may never encounter it, certainly not within any of our lifetimes, but it's out there somewhere. The universe is too goddamn big for us to be the only ones.
It would be the height of human conceit to think that we're the only ones in such a vast universe.
On the other hand, there's a logical fallacy in assuming that because we are alive, life is likely to occur. If (just as an example) there is a 1:1000000000000000000000000000000 chance for it to happen, and it didn't happen, we would never know. We cannot use our existence as an argument that there should be any others.
Load More Replies...I'm still looking for intelligent life here on earth. Aaah! Got 'em!
I believe there is something else out there. Don't know what or where but I just can't believe that out of the entire universe only one planet has living beings.
Look at all those stupid earthers thinking they are alone in the universe.....
Well, TBF, there are even stupider earthers that think said earth is flat....so there's that...
Load More Replies...That and the fact that what we now witness as the universe has been in progress for billions and billions of years. How many countless civilizations, life forms, planets and even entire solar systems have since come and gone, come and gone, come and gone as we one day will? Our solar system lies at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, so we are relatively the new kids on the block, so to speak. Think about the vastness of time as well as the vastness of the universe.
I was looking for this comment. We don't consider time as well as space when thinking about intelligent life in the universe. It's possible that we are alone at this point in time. That doesn't mean that there has never been or never will be other intelligent life in the universe.
Load More Replies...yes agree. Its like thinking your an only child when you know you have another sibling
Latest estimate is two trillion galaxies. Each galaxy having trillions of planets. If one civilization were to evolve out of every million galaxies just once we would still not be alone. The odds of being alone are something on par with winning the lottery a thousand times.
That the near complete absence of financial literacy education in American public schools is 100% on purpose.
I agree with this to a point. We allow politicians who like to boast about how they did poorly in school, were the class clowns, etc dictate what should be taught in school. If you're the rich people who want to keep good education out of reach for the poorer people the best way to do that is to vilify public schools and demand more 'rigorous' testing policies that have little to do with actual student progress. This way the public schools have to spend more time testing than they do teaching so that the poor students get less education than the kids whose parents can afford private schools who aren't subject to those required tests. It's funny how politicians constantly point to public schools' failing standardized test scores, and tout private schools as the answer, yet never talk about how those private schools don't have to offer Special Education, take standardized tests, or even follow the mandated common core standards.
Private still have to take the tests in Britain
Load More Replies...It was the same in the UK when I was at school. Nothing about financial planning or budgeting.
now luckily at my UK school we have a few lessons about finance. it's not like we didn't already know all of it, but it proves things are changing.
Load More Replies...Most useful part of my education: 2 yr business admin diploma. Didn't go into financial sector, but the combination of law, accounting, financial maths, organizational structure and behaviour, and computer literacy have more than paid off in spades.
Like the low standards in reading, and the basic knowledge of history, arts, logic, politics... It's on purpose. If you teach the poor to think, they may come to the conclusion they are poor because others are too rich and start demanding a little justice and equality instead of charity.
Oh absolutely! Do you really think the rich wants you to be financially educated? How could the few step on the backs of the majority to make their fortune if everyone was educated on stocks, banking, etc
yup I believe this 100% some kids that are 18 when they graduate are already in debt because there parents put stuff under their name because they are in debt themselves
The American education system as a whole is a scam to favour the elite.
That we would be happier if we returned to a more natural way of living rather than the 9-5 rat race.
I'm not sure if i want to return really really back when you could die only from cutting your finger.... but I'm nostalgic about the 90's as many are!
It doesn't mean that we would lose the developments that we have made. We'd still have that knowledge.
Load More Replies...People frequently respond to this kind of statement by talking about how bad things were in the past. It isn't about going back to the past. We can have all the benefits of science and technology *and* live more simply. Some of us are already doing it.
I hear what you're saying, but I'm not sure it would be possible if *everyone* did this
Load More Replies...I am sure they contribute a great deal to that feeling of happiness.
Load More Replies...This definitly depends. I would not want to live without imported coffee, central heating,tampons or internet. I could do without influencers, e-scooters and most of social media.
Natural living requires quite a bit of physical labor. How many want that?
A more natural and simple life where the purpose isn't to hoard more and more stuff is more joyful and fulfilling. I am not saying money doesn't matter. However, the more we simplify our lives, the more we're at peace.
Flat earthers are just doing it for attention. They really don't think the earth is flat.
The Flat Earth Society is trolls. They HAVE however gotten OTHERS to believe them.
I think 60% are stupid trolls and 40% are people with untreated mental illness or some other educational issue that keeps them from understanding.
Load More Replies...Maybe it started like my test of rumor spreading. I spread one in 8th grade to test how far it would reach. It came back to me in 11th grade. Perhaps someone just wanted to try how far this "theory" would reach?
They don't even make sense! How would seasons happen, what about low tides and high tides, is the moon flat as well???
Or more practical things, explain airline timings. They're all commercial businesses, if they could fly shorter it'd be $$$ saved; but no they fly in these arcs.
Load More Replies...Well, the flat earthers aren't the one beaming it out into space with precise instruments.
Load More Replies...I think this is mostly true.... but trust me, there are people out there that whole heartily believe this. Just look at people that blindly follow religion!
Or blindly follow political theories or charismatic political leaders. Sometimes they will adhere to a leader regardless of how much proof there is of his/her unfitness for office, just to be 'different'.
Load More Replies...What I don't understand is why they will so vehemently defend a flat earth. I mean, unless you're an astronaut, cartographer, meteorologist, or physicist, does it really matter what shape the earth is?
Because generally the people who believe the earth is flat are also the people who are heavily into conspiracy theories. For example, I've been told that the earth is flat, and surrounded by some kind of magical force or casing (the name of it escapes me at the moment), that there's an actual WORLD government that controls and protects the edge of the world,, specifically the North and South poles because that's where the ice wall is and something about protecting advance tech that they don't want the world population to know about etc etc. So to them it's not just "hey the earth is flat not round" it's "hey there's massive government coverups and they're controlling our entire lives!"
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If I'm stuck in traffic and switch lanes because the other lane looks like it will move faster, the lane I just switched from will automatically go faster.
i'm pretty sure big rig truckers talk on their CB radios to each other to coordinate making sure every time I merge onto an interstate one of them will be there in the right lane just as I am merging on.
I am sure the truckers are making sure I'm in the right lane because I let them merge in front of me. I hate not being able to see what's ahead but if I let one over I seem to have easy merging later. I use my blinker a lot too. I always pick the correct lane. ☺️
Load More Replies...The reason the other lane is moving faster is because other people were switching away from that lane ahead of you. Now apply that to other people in the same lane you switch from and you know why the lane you switch to suddenly become slower.
how many times have you seen the lane shifting impatient driver getting one car ahead at a time, only to end up right in front of you at the red light a few minutes later? Idiots.
I love it! Especially because even though we are a small suburb all of the streets are 2 lanes each way. I know the timing of the lights and where people are likely to turn left without a turn lane. Don't speed through the locals area😂
Load More Replies...This has actually been studied. A study of the traffic cameras on the M25 & M1 in the UK showed that if one lane was moving faster, more people would try to move into that lane, creating more cars in that lane, creating a larger backlog causing it to slow down, this however means less cars in the lane you were just in, meaning the traffic moves up to close the gaps and appears to be now moving faster. As cars are changing lanes, they are travelling a further distance adding more time to the journey and the whole process takes longer. The fact is, if everyone stayed in their lanes and stopped hopping, everyone would get there sooner. Unfortunately you will never get everyone to do the right thing.
Most company CEO's don't really know what they're doing. Whether their business thrives or fails has more to do with luck than anything else. There are exceptions, but most of them have a completely warped sense of their own "brilliance".
Like Donald Trump. Some people actually think he's an extremely smart and savvy businessman thanks to The Apprentice and one ghost-written book that the author says he regrets writing. The truth is he's gotten by on other people's knowledge and skills, daddy's money, massive loans, and a bunch of really shady sh*t. I'm 100% convinced he's got legit ties to Russian mafia. If Trump hadn't been born into a wealthy family who could buy his way into good schools, he'd probably be living on the street ranting at strangers about the apocalypse.
LOL! Oh absolutely, you don't get much dumber than Trump, it's embarrassing.
Load More Replies...The most important ability of a CEO is the abilty to gather a team of the right people to run the business for him.
This is supported by statistics. CEOs collect millions of dollars for "leading" their companies, but really, random chance would produce as many successes and failures.
I so agree with this. I think the proof for this is that many of them stay in their jobs for decades and you can't really pin anything down to what they have done. Then just as many seem to stay for a year or two, get a big severance package and jump to the next business. I mean, at the end of the day, you are selling stuff and you want people to buy it. I have an MBA and I think it's a pretty simple formula.
Yes, but most of them have the vision and resources to become successful. Some people with no skills can have the talent of bringing the right people together. But I do think it's unfair when the workers below get screwed out of a decent paycheck.
I'm quietly convinced I made a bestselling mystery novelist change the way he writes because I criticised him on Reddit.
The novelist in question is Chris Carter; the books are the Robert Hunter series. (Yes, the guy who has built a career on looking for serial killers is named Hunter. He works for the LAPD's Ultra-Violent Crime Unit. It's not a series that's overburdened by subtlety, is what I'm saying.) They are as schlocky a bunch of thrillers as you could ever hope to find, but for some reason I can't get enough of them, despite the fact that they're... very much not great. They lean pretty damn heavy on ridiculous tropes, and I've never seen a more Mary Sue lead than I have in this series, but the biggest complaint I have with them is that the same line appears almost literally word for word in the first nine books ('Hunter’s biggest passion was single malt Scotch whiskey, but unlike most, he knew how to appreciate its flavor and quality instead of simply getting drunk on it.'). I made a comment about it on Reddit on an r/books thread about your favourite terrible authors.
That post was made in January of 2019; in April, his book Hunting Evil came out, and the line was nowhere to be seen. I didn't think much of it until his new book, Written in Blood, came out a few days ago, and also didn't have the line in it. This comment is also one of the top answers if you google his name and the book series via Reddit -- exactly what you'd do if you were looking to see if people on the internet were talking about your books. I also can't find any evidence of anyone else pointing this out in a review or suchlike.
So yeah... in short, three months after I made that comment, he broke the habit of a decade of writing and finally decided that after nine stories that used this as a crutch for Hunter's personality, it was too much.
I know you're reading this, Chris. I know.
I truly believe that a review, even if it's not so good, if it's politely written can be really helpful if the person is willing to listen.... i almost always write reviews about restaurants for example and mention the good and bad without insulting and many times the owners thank me and reply that they will check it and get better! Be kind and you can make a difference!
If the book came out in April the odds are good it was well wrapped up by January of the same year. This one is possible but not likely.
Yes, but January-March is probably a reviewing period as well so possibly could have edited it out. Have hope people!
Load More Replies...'Hunter’s biggest passion was single malt Scotch whiskey, but unlike most, he knew how to appreciate its flavor and quality instead of simply getting drunk on it.' Yikes. You aren't kidding about the quality of the writing.
I absolutely believe that you believe this, but I have proof. Also, I want to believe. This is so cool.
In the USA they spell it whiskey, because of the Irish connection. So despite it being Scotch, which should of course be spelled whisky, if the book is American they are likely to use the spelling convention that originated in Ireland. If that makes sense.
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100 years from now only a handful of kids and grandkids will have any memory of my life.
200 years from now, at most I'll be a photo in an old family scrap book with my name in the margin space.
300 years from now no one in my family will know I existed outside of a half finished family tree.
Yet ultimately all of their hopes and pains, successes and failures, dreams and depressions will be the direct result of my having existed. So it isn't that bad.
And there will be no scrap books... you will be a lost file in an ancient computer that doesn't work anymore
Load More Replies...I'll be forgotten in 50. I'm an only child with no children of my own.
I'm sure you have affected people in your life and some will still remember you🙂
Load More Replies...Remember the "Iceman" -- the mummified corpse that was frozen in the Alps until he was found 25 years ago? He lived 5300 years ago. We don't (and will never) know his name or the name of his village, whether he was admirable or villainous, kind or cruel, generous or stingy. And we will never know anything about the people he lived with either. Millions have lived and died over the millennia and left no trace. That's not sad, it's just life.
Do you mean Otzi? They found his nearest living descendant living nearby.
Load More Replies...One of my great aunts was into genealogy, so I know the names and locations of ancestors from more than 200 years ago, in once case nearly 400 years ago. But of course with that distance, they'd be barely related strangers anyway.
I often think back to my family apes...and before that..to axalotills
Load More Replies...You die a second and final time the last time someone speaks your name.
A few hundred thousand years from now our species' era will be identifiable as a layer of plastics in the geological record.
"Yet ultimately all of their hopes and pains, successes and failures, dreams and depressions will be the direct result of my having existed. So it isn't that bad." - Whoa there a minute. So your saying that their pain, failures and depression will be all down to you? And you think that isn't bad? Have I missed something?
That's why thinking people aren't having kids anymore, it's seems that the future is not rosy...
Load More Replies...This is comforting. No one will remember me specifically, but how I care for my loved ones will affect how they care for their future loved ones on and on for years.
The average middle class person of today has luxuries and a standard of living that far surpasses that of Kings and Queens from centuries ago.
I have several items of purple clothing, spices from all over the globe, and have easily over 100 books. Also I don't sh*t in a pot.
Yep. I live in a climate controlled space that is like perpetual springtime. I sleep in a bed that's like a perfectly supportive cloud. I can have a hot bath or shower whenever I want without needing servants to go haul water and heat it on a fire. I have a device in my pocket that allows me instant access to a massive amount of information, books, art, music, video from all over the world. Magic! And I can use that device to communicate instantly with people all over the globe. I can travel to the other side of the earth in a day. What used to be a day's travel takes me minutes. You mention spices, which were so very precious. There's also the massive variety of food we have due to shipping and cold storage as well as so many different cuisines we're exposed to since we can mix all the time with people from other cultures.
Load More Replies...Still can't afford the Buckingham Palace on my middle class salary. Actually, can't even afford a one room apartment in the city, period.
Apart from not being allowed to have people's heads chopped off when they annoy you
It's irrelevant... we're destroying the planet BECAUSE the standards of living are SO high now..
Yet people do not self-report high levels of happiness. Maybe luxuries and a high standard of living aren't the answer.
Well, I mean, Henry VIII didn’t go nearly bankrupt from having unexpected medical bills.
I wear comfortable clothes. No one is trying to kill me. My ride is smooth, comforatble and climate controled. I married the man I chose.
In many ways, yes we do. In others, not really. It's not black and white.
1 in every 3 or 4 people is not capable of critical thinking. And I'm not making some kind of point about politics or anything - I mean those people are literally incapable of taking in information and synthesizing it with other information and coming to their own conclusions. They're basically robots programmed by whatever source is most convincing to them.
Everyone is capable of critical thinking, it's just that people compartmentalize that which they think critically about, and that which is off limits to questioning or skeptical inquiry.
Hmmm, critical thinking requires mental acumen, training and discipline. Not everyone has that.
Load More Replies...When I was in 7th and 8th grade my English teacher had 'Mind Trap'' Fridays. If we were good for the week we got to do puzzles, riddles, and play the game "Mind Trap' as a class. At the time we thought we were just getting Fridays off from learning. Little did we know she was teaching us how to think critically. I continue that reward with my students today.
Faith and Loyalty are in opposition to critical thinking, to what is deserved to be believed and trusted.
Pish posh. The majority of the highly intellectual, learned people throughout history have also claimed faith to one religion or another. And loyalty is considered a virtue in nearly every society. Now, misplaced loyalty will bite you in the a**. But faith and loyalty, in general, are not the problem. The problem is that our schools teach children to memorize and regurgitate information, don't question, and don't think for yourself. So when the chosen target of your faith teaches you claptrap and lies, you are not discerning enough to know the difference.
Load More Replies...As someone above said, faith and loyalty are the opposite of smart...one day we may all be intelligent.. thru evolution...maybe ??
Load More Replies...Everyone could potentially critically think, though that is harder so they choose the easy way.
Most sane people follow the path of least resistance. For the majority that means going along to get along. For others, their sanity would be injured by this, so they develop critical/analytical skills to navigate. Either way is a survival skill: one passive the other active.
Retired Art teacher here. Creativity taught after they are taught basic techniques. They learn how to first then they learn how to put those basic ideas together to come up with new ways of doing things. There are those that can only repeat what they learned, those that can get creative with it across media and subject matter, and those that don't need the basics but can come up with their own way of doing things from scratch. The latter group is the least. On top of that developing their individual artistic style is paramount. We are not teaching basic creative learning skills in regular curriculum. Art only meets 30 minutes to an hour a week for approximately 40-65 lessons a year depending on how many times their class is redirected to something else (fire drills, etc). We can do better. Especially since we are turning out the future Architects, Engineers, and Computer graphics people of the world. Not to mention over 4000 other professions. That is my soapbox speech for the day.
My hubby believes this too. He believes that many people walking around are bots. I am starting to believe it too because there is a difference between being stupid, stubborn and just not knowing how to piece information together.
My phone is listening to me, it’s simply not a coincidence any more how my targeted ads change directly related to and after a conversation. People say we are just more predictable than we think but I mention something I haven’t even thought about for years and there it is on Instagram.
How's this for freaky. I was hanging out with my brother and we were talking about inflatable spas. At that time my phone had no internet access AT ALL, it was completely disabled from the actual phone provider. Anyway, I get home later and go on the ipad. As soon as I open facebook there is an ad for an inflatable spa. Like wtf, how does that even happen.
The data shows you and your brothers connection. If he has searched on inflatable spas, the algorithm might think you will be interested too - so you are most likely targetet by connection and not listening.
Load More Replies...I don't use the voice command feature on my phone, I have it turned off and have never set it up. But after spending the weekend out of town my husband and I were driving home talking about how we didn't get enough sleep the night before. All of a sudden my phone started telling us how to get better sleep.
Same. I never use voice command features. Always ads about what I talk about.
Load More Replies...Easy test: Mention the most random thing you can think of (I tried shower curtains with giraffes pictured on them.) Later that day I'm seeing ads for giraffe printed shower curtains which I would never buy.
My husband said something to me about fixing the windshields on our cars and 30mins later an ad for safelite came up on my phone.
Load More Replies...Turn the microphone permissions off in your phone for any apps other than calls and you'll see a difference.
I think I'm getting crazy with this cause i even think my phone reads my mind! As soon as i feel (not say) that i might have a migraine i get ads for painkillers! I'm getting crazy right?
Not crazy. Have you considered that the phone is deliberately causing the migraines so it can get you to buy painkillers?
Load More Replies...I'm convinced of this to. There's been way too many occasions now where I've just been talking about something random (or even something has come on the TV in the background) and all of sudden I'm getting ads about it for it to be a coincidence. I know manufacturers swear blind this doesn't happen and I've followed all the advice about changing the settings on my phone. That doesn't explain how just the other week a friend and I were casually chatting and joked that we wished we'd bought bitcoin back in the day when it was cheap. Next thing, BAM, every website I'm going on has ads for crypto trading platforms (something I've never searched for, just literally mentioned whilst talking).
I read something just the other day that explained that no, our phones aren't actually listening to us, but companies have access to a crap-ton of data about us and the people around us. Like, they know your location and call history, obviously, but they also know your online activity and the online activity of other people you're regularly in close vicinity with and they cross-reference all that data to make targeted ads. I wish I could remember where I read that... they explained it much better than I just did.
i did a unit this year at uni on something called "big data" which is basically what you've just summarised. that is exactly how it works.
Load More Replies...Is this an American thing/issue? So far I have never gotten ads about things I said close to my phone, only ads related to Google searches. I'm European.
Or is it an OS (operating system for those who don't know the lingo) thing? I use iOS, not Android. I'm really curious, because I can't relate to anything all of you posted.
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I don't care who you are or what you think, or even what the science says - Geese are evil creatures.
Geese are too. Have you ever encountered a goose? I got mauraded by a whole flock when I was 7.
Load More Replies...geese are adorable especially when they attack the assholes throwing rocks at them and then they sit next to you asleep
I think this has advantages. Some people keep geese instead of dogs to guard the house
That a LOT more famous actors than we realize are secretly the children of other famous actors from the previous generation. I call it the Hollywood Bastard Theory.
None of them are a secret, even john Vioght has always been known as Angelina Jolies father.
You can't know if there are secret offspring as well. That's what the theory is about.
Load More Replies...Yes, nepotism is a powerful force in many industries. Plus just having good connections; doesn't have to be overt nepotism for people to get a leg up.
Nope, they think "hey my parents are famous actors so I must be skilled too"
Load More Replies...This reminders me of Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy(8 at the time) winning a Grammy for a song like WTF, personally I don't think her singing was even that good. (The song is called brown skin girl FYI)
Like the majority of award shows, just the industry patting itself on the back. Then you look at the Oscar's and it was a lot of lobbying
Load More Replies...Why use a picture of an actor who *definitely* had no prior Hollywood connections?
How do you think they get the positions? Certainly not just through talent.
There are a couple of acting dynasties here in the UK, there's the Redgraves ( Vanessa, Corbin, and Lynn) and the Foxes (Lawrence, Freddie, James and Emilia). Also, Phoebe Dyvenor from Bridgerton, her mother plays none other than Sally Webster from Coronation Street!
Drew Barrymore is the 7th generation of the Barrymore acting dynasty. They go all the way back to the late 1700’s, long before Hollywood and movies even existed.
Load More Replies...There's a famous playwright in the mix, too. Everyone agrees that the son of lowly glovers couldn't have had his knowledge of Latin or of courtly manners, but what if he was adopted and tutored at his aristocratic parents' behest?
Back when I was 10 there was a competition for schoolkids to write a treatment for an episode of Doctor Who, with the best one being developed into an full episode in the next series and the winner receiving a writing credit. I was a huge fan of DW at the time and the competition was actually run through schools, so my teacher made the entire class do it, but I was very excited.
I began writing a story about the Doctor landing on a planet full of defective cybermen, who's programming had gone a wry and had been left on this asylum planet to rot. The Doctor lands there in response to a mysterious distress call from a woman and attempts to find and save her while avoiding the dangerous dysfunctional cybermen and the looming threat of planetary destruction at the hands of the normal cybermen. I finished my short treatment and gave it to my teacher to submit. Unfortunately it turned out the competition was very strict about the formatting of submissions and mine was returned because I had used the wrong formatting in some way, it seemed like a weird reason. I was a bit disappointed and that was the end of that.
But then, a year or two later, there was an episode of DW called Asylum of the Daleks, which seemed incredibly similar to my story except with Daleks. So incredibly, eerily, similar in fact, that to this day I am absolutely convinced that Steven Moffat saw my script and came up with a formatting excuse so that he could remove me from the competition, steal my story, change the bad guys and claim it as his own. I have zero evidence, I don't even still have the treatment I wrote, or any letter from the BBC about my submission, and yet I know in my bones that Steven Moffat stole his script from 10 yr old me.
My wife's school was doing a production of Grease. (As faculty, she had a bit part she totally hammed up.) Colin Ferguson was supposed to be in town doing a standup show that got cancelled. The next night his stand-up kept referencing Grease. Everyone his age has seen Grease... from America. But why suddenly make jokes about a 40+ year-old play?
Because it's on everyone's mind. It's called working the room.
Load More Replies...Ok so my sister used to write dr who fanfic & she said there was an episode where there were a few scenes that it was almost word for word from her story & the events that unfolded. It was quite popular (had a lot of followers) & I thought she was just delusional if I’m honest but reading this maybe I’m not so sure. This was Steven Moffat time too. Hmmmm
It may well be a coincidence, but there is a lot of idea theft in the creative industries.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't doubt it in the least. So as far as anyone is concerned YOU wrote it. Good job!
That wouldn't surprise me. I know a lot of people like Moffat but I think his run on DW was mediocre at best. To be fair I think he can write decent, stand alone episodes (usually if there's also someone else there to keep him on track) but when he's left in charge things get messy.
If Moffat was the one who wrote the Pandorica storyline, I'm must beg to differ.
Load More Replies...I'm sure once you submitted your story it was their legal property. I'm sure there's no question that this happened.
My cat knocked over the water glass on purpose.
So you think cats are evil but not geese? Wow Susan. Just. Wow.
Load More Replies...Always I swear. Especially when they look at you, the glass, than paw it till it spills.
My 3 cats are trying extremely hard to sit on ny phone for unknown reasons.
Mine would always sit on my TV remote! To this day I have no idea why she did that 😅
Load More Replies...Yep! For a while I kept one next to my water glass, except it was full and hot glued to the table. My cat still tipped the other, empty one.
Both my cats will look me dead in the eyes and knock s**t over, it’s because they are basically arseholes
That alien lifeforms will be nothing like we have ever imagined
Carbon isn’t the only element on which to base a life form. Under very different conditions of availability, temperature, pressure, etc. something like Silicon might get the job done just as well.
Silicon's valence electrons are "too far out" to have as stable bonds as carbon...
Load More Replies...Yes, people always assume that aliens will be humanoid creatures that either look similar to humans or do human-like things, or even both. We assume that aliens could only live on planets that are like Earth, that's in the Goldilocks zone with water, plants, and other Earthly things, which is why NASA is trying to explore Mars lol. But what if aliens don't need to drink water, or can live in incredibly cold environments, colder than humans can even imagine? What if their body structures were completely different from that of a human? What if aliens were like humungous pink snails with 20-30 eyestalks and no bones? What if aliens were like jellyfish, with no brain and no heart, yet they still live, some even being immortal?
They could literally be clouds of vapur, or exist in another dimension adjacent to our own or something.
Load More Replies...That is easy to prove. There are way weirder lifeforms in the deep oceans than any science fiction author could dream up ...and that is just on our own planet! Since it can get that weird in our own "home", a planet that has a totally different composistion must certainly give rise to something that is even more different than the lifeforms we allready know. Nature is way more creative than even the best designers, and often find the most unimaginable sulotions to problems when given enough time.
I always think of it this way. On our own planet, there's us and then there's a very intelligent creature called an octopus. If we ended up both intelligent and so completely different in structure having developed on the SAME planet, how much different from BOTH of us would intelligent life from another solar system or galaxy have to be?
I believe our imagination is limited to what we know. So even if we tried to imagine them.....
Obviously. They're not gonna be the stereotypical green aliens with big heads.
And also, that the goldilocks zone and the necessity of water is B.S. *WE* need water and a moderate temperature, be cause we evolved here, but I think life could develop on a methane-atmosphere freezing ball of metal.
There’s a travel agency that’s been around in my town for as long as I can remember. I wholeheartedly believe it’s a front for the mob.
There are lots of stores that seem that way. Places that no one uses but always are open...usually fronts for money laundering.
I'm convinced Smoothie King is one of these. We have a ton of them here in New Orleans, and they even built a giant stadium, but I've literally never seen anyone go inside a store or walk around with a smoothie. I work at a university and we have one on campus, but nobody ever gets them. Not even the nursing students!
Load More Replies...Another explanation: Many wealthier small towns have many shops owned and run by people who married money. Trophy spouses like to have something to do. Some do charity, some do shopping, some buy a job.
Yep. I know a girl who has one. Married into money and her in laws gave her money to open up her own boutique.
Load More Replies...There's a dumpling joint at my local food court, in prime position... and it's still open after at least a year despite never doing any business whatsoever. Hell, often there isn't even anyone behind the counter even though they're clearly "open". Quite frankly there's no way they can still be paying the rent if they're *not* up to something super sketchy. (They did some small trade at the beginning, and the dumplings were godawful).
There's a Chinese restaurant in my town where I've never seen anyone eat. I've gotten takeout there because it's close and sometimes there's another takeout order... but I've never seen a human at the tables, ever. They have to be a front for something.
Load More Replies...Go in and book a trip. Maybe you'll get a great deal because they're shocked you're there lol
Someone explained to me that a travel agent provides the only possible path by which you could pay cash for plane tickets. Maybe that means drug dealers need to go on vacation too?
There are also those weirdos who don’t trust banks so they pay for everything with cash but then do trust airlines and stuff.
Load More Replies...they do offer better service than online travel sites but the idea of sitting down and speaking with a human is outdated.
There's a Beer Brewing supplies shop I pass on my way home. With so many craft breweries in this town, who's trying to brew their own? Obvious front for nefarious activities. Maybe.....
Epstein didn’t kill himself
I mean, I only have a medical degree and talk to a lot of other people with medical degrees, but the point of contention seems to be the broken hyoid bone. Well, you CAN break a lot of tiny bones in a hanging ---- it's essentially strangulation from behind by a *rope*. His own weight did the job. Was his death convenient and the cameras turned off in a shady way? Absolutely yes. Did he commit suicide? I'll bet yes. The guards may have helped by turning off the cameras (to prevent footage from being released). If he was wanted dead by "mysterious powerful pedos" I doubt they'd do such a crappy job. He was scared for his life, so he ended it. Not a patsy, but a pimp, IMO.
Load More Replies...When you know the sexual preferences of the likes of Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Barclays CEO Jes Staley - to name a handful - you are never going to see the inside of a courtroom.
you are absolutely right that he was a patsy mark but no love lost.
Load More Replies...Do you care that there are probably more dangerous paedophiles in positions of power today as a direct result of the fact that 'Epstein committed suicide'? Or that scores of underaged girls were sexually abused by those paedophiles who will now never be brought to justice? They had him killed to evade justice and that's why we care that Epstein didn't kill himself. No-one cares for Epstein. But instead we care that the rich paedos escaped without charge and most importantly, we care for the victims.
Load More Replies...Unpopular opinion: He probably couldn't face the end of everything, so after being roughed up a bit by others, he topped himself. However, if he was actually murdered, I hope he suffered.
Of course not. He was going to out all the sick pedophile billionaires that he took to his nasty torture island of sex trafficked children.
He had too much info about other important people...I won't mention any names.
That the entire U.S. mattress industry is a front for criminal organizations. Virtually every city has more mattress stores than it needs. When was the last time you bought a mattress? So then why does a city of 80,000 have like 7 separate mattress retail places within like six blocks?
They rent the showrooms out to prostitution. (That's a joke. I hope.)
I don't think bringing a UV light to a mattress store would be a good idea.
Load More Replies...So, imagine that people buy a new mattress every 20 years or so; that would mean in a town of 80,000, approximately 4,000 mattresses a year are sold. Divided across 7 mattress retailers, that would be about 1.5 mattresses sales a day per location (if they were open 365 days a year). Given that a typical mattress is around $1K (at least where I am) that means they are bringing in revenue of somewhere in the range of $45K revenue a month per store. Depending on the rent for the showrooms and the base costs of mattresses, that is enough to support a business that doesn't have a large number of employees. Note, all of this was based on educated guesses on my part, but it does seem at least plausible that they could be in operation and making a reasonable profit absent mob support.
You do know that you are supposed to change the mattress every few years right?
Everyone knows they're supposed to, but on the other hand, that will have to wait a year for financial reasons about a million years in a row.
Load More Replies...O my gosh yes. when I think about it there are like 20 mattress shops with like 7 mattresses each, in my small town. wut the crap
Was just discussing this with my wife this past weekend (looking at you Mattress Land on every other corner).
I like the idea of rogue business using travel agents and mattress shops as 'fronts' also can some be fun by off the record government agencies?
There are two of the same chain a couple blocks apart near my house, with two other chains in between. It really is absurd.
I remember working in Seattle in the 80's and seeing Starbucks coffeeshops everywhere including at the same intersection. Starbucks Kiosks were everywhere. Thought it was absurd at the time.
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There is some godzilla s*** at the bottom of our oceans. Deep Sea gigantism will not fail me.
It's scary how scientists know less about the bottom of the ocean and more of the surface of mars
It’s a valid theory known as deep ocean gigantism, things like the giant squid or Isopods fall into this category. Look up what giant isopods look like. The ones on land are like pill bugs the size of your pinky nail, and the deep ocean ones can grow as large as a stop sign. That s scary.
Possibly, but they won't attack Tokyo or anything. They wouldn't survive the change in external pressure from deep sea to surface.
Of course there is, have you never seen a pic of those ungodly big ass squid down there? F**k that s**t!
I am essentially a good, decent person. I may not act this out successfully, it’s the fact that I keep trying to act it out relentlessly that makes it true.
oh this is my neighbor. He acts so nice, too nice. Never calls me by my name, its always my awesome neighbor. he just seems shady.
I am basically like a dog. I don't act very well like a dog but I keep trying to act like one all the time so I'm a dog.
Most of this is just busy work
Most jobs can be done with 6 hour days 4 days a week. This insanity about working 8-6 Monday to Friday is just to keep people busy so they don't have time to look at the way the world is being steered by the super rich.
I agree! My job (at all but the very busiest times) is one of them, which would not suffer productivity loss from a reduction in working hours.
Load More Replies...I am self employed and I get paid for the work I produce and nothing else. No amount of research, or lunch or chats with other people, or bathroom breaks or meetings yield me any revenue. I have also worked in many office type environments where I get paid for showing up, and where I have seen people be half as productive as I am now working for myself, but getting paid twice as much just because of the hours they are physically present.
You are understaffed which leads to you being overworked, which leads to being less efficient. Only a well rested mind and body can work on full capacity with high efficiency. Or your bosses are not very good and load you with unnecessary work.
Load More Replies...A LOT of my job is waiting on other people to do their jobs..... I probably only do about 18-20 hours of work a week. The rest of the time is a waiting game and looking busy.
I'm in semiconductor manufacturing. The chip shortage crisis is 10x worse that the toilet paper crisis of 2020. I've been working 12-14 hour days for well over a year (and paid for 40 hours a week). Bored Panda keeps me sane.
I could literally work 15 hours a week and be done. It bores me to tears but it pays good, benefits are great and I only have 12 years until retirement.
That 1-2 generations down the line, our use of technology will lead to extreme mental health issues. My brain feels deep fried from time to time and I haven't seriously started using a smart phone before I was already an adult
Or you know, maybe we have depression and anxiety because of the world YOU generations have put us in. Sure, blame the technology all you want.
Load More Replies...I am a young person and I don’t have anxiety and depression because of technology I have it because my future is bleak because the mistakes you make today, because of the litter, the poverty and the culture that you have made through your hate. If anything technology is my savior because no matter what I can play angry birds.
Agreed, older generations loooove to point the finger at those pesky cellphones. Not as if they’ve ruined the environment, economy, or clutch the political sphere with an iron grip. If my phone has negatively affected me it’s because I have access to learn about all the shitty things in my country that I have no power to change, not “boo hoo someone disliked my selfie”. Our futures are downright despotic by the look of things but sure, it’s the phones
Load More Replies...Stop blaming technology! For f***s sake, 90% of the time it's because you older generations screwed us over. Shitty parents, shitty lives.
You do realize that every generations believes that, don’t you? I’m pretty sure Cain and Abel were ticked off because Mom got them tossed out of the Garden.
Load More Replies...One of the first things I learned getting a mental health-related degree is that mental health is a growing field because our (US) society is rapidly deteriorating. There are things that societies can do to promote mental health; we're doing the opposite. That was in 2006. It doesn't seem incorrect to me.
Every generation has said this; the biggest difference now it not technology but the proper diagnosis of mental health issues.
I'm probably the same age as the person who wrote this. I have depression and anxiety (from before I had a phone). I honestly believe if I'd had access to the internet as a tween/teen, I'd have been better by now. I was totally isolated, what I needed was a place where I felt I could fit in, where I could talk to people who were like me.
"I haven't seriously started using a smart phone before I was already an adult" To quote Yoda; That is why you fail... Seriously though, the kids who grow up with the technology will be far more apt at using it correctly and more naturally, than the rest of us.
I’m really, really f*****g lucky. But like in a subtle way like if there’s a 95% chance I’ll get hurt doing something stupid I’ll come out unscathed. Sometimes I think there’s a guardian angel watching over me making sure I don’t kill myself by being an idiot.
I seem to be really lucky/blessed and 'land on my feet'. Get my sister who's a really good person seems to be cursed
I often feel this way, but when I say "I'm so lucky!" someone will turn on me with hatred. So I keep it to myself, mostly. But every day I am thankful for my life.
You must have my guardian angel as well as your own, I certainly do not have one
This is probably my favourite thing on the list just because it's so simple, pure and honest. I love it.
I honestly swear the gods conspire against me regularly and that’s why my luck is so bad because they find it funny that Human Subject #6,457,324,096 is having a bad day.
Hm reminds me of how my sister is sooo accident prone and breaks bones all the time, and also has Raynauds, had appendicitis and had to have her tonsils removed, meanwhile the most I've ever had was a sprained wrist that was hardly even sprained and I've never had surgery
Life on other planets. Not green one eyes aliens but even insect's and things like that
Again, there has to be other life somewhere in the universe. It's 100% out there somewhere.
They've just seen our TV broadcasts and decided to stay away. (Honestly, I would too.)
Load More Replies...I agree. We cannot be the only one's here; that is almost as foolish as saying that we are the center of the universe. Also, haven't scientists found proof of bacteria on mars?
Nope, no evidence of any life on Mars, but still, given the size and age of the universe, only a compete idiot would claim to know for a fact that ET isn't out there. Of course, that doesn't mean he's visiting us. No evidence for that either.
Load More Replies...I take it everyone is aware of the 'Drake Equation'? There are at least 20 in the Milky Way.
We are not the only ones. We're just too far apart to ever encounter each other.
As an Asian, I can safely say without a doubt that you don't need cups to measure the water when cooking rice.
Says the person who's only been using ONE type of rice their whole life. Different type requires different amount of water.
People measure the water when cooking rice??? Didn't know that....
I make rice almost everyday, never measure anything, never set a timer. I don't know how people mess up rice.
I'm sure there are many things you do only occasionally and mess up. A good example might be using a conjunction before the last item in a list.
Load More Replies...I really never use the measuring cups. Especially with pasta. In the pot I use the most, I pretty much just fill it up to where the handle meets the pot pretty much every time
You don't. However if you have dinner at a friend's place that does not eat rice often (some countries don't) or is not a frequent chef, then you better hope they use cups/ml/whatever and a timer.
Not that it is something I believe to be true, but something that I often think about is the Butterfly Effect. Like little things I do during the day could affect the total outcome of my day.
That is the path to insanity, as you can neither predict nor control outcomes.
It is true. Show up late or early and you affect everyone and everything else. The end-of-day outcome may have been entirely different otherwise. That is just an exclusive bubble. If you were late because you broke down and now you need a ride to work and a ride home, that can have extensive effects. If you call out sick and they call someone in to cover for you and that person gets killed in a car accident driving to work to cover your shift, how is that NOT a butterfly effect?
I often wonder how my life will have turned out if I made different decisions in the past. My family emigrated to Australia in the early 1970's from the UK. We came back to the UK in 1978 after I was born. I often wonder how different my life might have been if my parents hadn't come back to the UK. My sister returned to Australia in 2000 for a holiday. She brought back some of the rock from the area where I was born and I cried. I feel such an affinity for Australia that I don't feel here in the UK.
Synchronicity is true wonderful, like a long row of dominos falling
I used t work for a nut case obsessive-compulsive guy who used this theory as an excuse to make the most absurd contingency plans. Of course, employees were coerced into participating without pay. There is such a thing as a return to the norm; that is, unusual singularities cancel each other out. Relax!
Sometimes I wonder if my day would've been different if I wore a different outfit.
My brother deleted my game save on purpose. He was old enough to read, he knew what he was doing.
This. My brother did this too. After 70 hours of work and 86% completion.
This is a sibling thing my trick is to not get too attached to whatever game it is, so the fuerry isn't as bad.
I think my first thought would have been murder then I would scream.
Burger King hash browns are just tater tots
They are.... but let's be honest, hashbrowns, tater tots, whatever they are good!!!!!
It's shredded potato formed into a little barrel shape. When fried they are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Load More Replies...Dogs go to doggy heaven
All pets go to the sunny fields outside the gates of Heaven and wait for us. When we die, they’ll be there and will walk through the gates with us.
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers
It's All Dogs go to Heaven, period! They are all up there and we have to strive to get in so we can be with them!!!!!
In Islam, we believe all souls are eternal, including animals and contrary to believe, animals are highly regarded. There is a Hadith that the Prophet Mohamed pbuh was at war and saw a dog with her puppies, and he stationed a soldier to protect her. Another was a woman(prostitute) who saw a dog pacing around a well, she climbed in and retrieved the water with her shoes, it is said, her sins were forgiven. (Please don't attack me for mentioning Islam, I just wanted to give pet owners, some "hope")
Dejavu comes from previous dreams
Unfortunately this one is actually wrong. Deja vu is when the brain glitches and registers a memory twice as it is recording it. You feel the doubling effect in real time.
Load More Replies...Dejavu is a situation that is similar to something you actually has experience before (perhaps seen in a tv show, picked up on on a commercial billboard etc.). However that memory is so eroded, that your brain cannot make the proper connections to recall exactly what happened and more important when it happend. There is some kind of link in there to something -enough to give you a feeling of having seen it before, but not a stong enough connection for you to explain it.
No it doesn't. It has been proved that it is our imagination playing out scenarios a fraction of a second before we become conscious of them.
Okay fine, but what is it when one day you see your dreamscape in real life?
Years ago I had some weird dejavu dreams, where within the dream I thought "hey, I've already dreamed this before". But I just can't remember if I really dreamed it before, or if it was a fake memory of the dream, having dreamed the same dream before.
My ex-boss used Covid as an excuse to make me redundant because I was the only member of his team to be hired by someone else and not him.
I'm convinced stuff like this happens. You get sent packing because you're not "one of their people."
Um, a lot of companies did this. The one I work for only brought back about 75% of the staff, then about 10 months later they started hiring like crazy and filling those positions. It had nothing to do with money. They saw a chance to cut the fat and they did.
Ok, but about covid, my school uses covid as excuses to not be bothered to do any fun stuff. I get being careful, but if covid gives them more work, they ignore it. Like damn, I hate the way the teachers don't give a damn
Not a person to be hired by...count your escape as release from the unknown.
Oh tell me about it. I worked for a company who were 100% of a certain religion. The big boss was away when I was employed so when he came back they were only 99% of that religion, he sacked me the next day
That my last boss secretly hated me even though we had, on the surface, a very positive relationship.
Nothing wrong with this, so long as they didn't hinder you or affect you emotionally. ( You don't have to like anyone so long as you do no harm).
this. I retired in March, after working for him for 27 years. 'We'll stay in touch! We'll stay friends!' I've emailed, texted 5 times since. He's not once replied. There was no card, no cake, no going-away lunch due to covid. I don't understand the no card. I understand the no lunch. But there was supposed to be a scheduled lunch for June. It's half way through, and nothing. I can't say it doesn't hurt. It does. Anyway...
I secretly hated a classmate as well because she's very obnoxious and bossy. Everyone else thinks so as well, but we just kept quiet to avoid drama. Plus, we were graduating very soon so better avoid the drama and just leave it all there instead of bringing it to the next stage of our lives :')
Same scenario. I talked to several coworkers and we all thought she hated us uniquely. She just hated everyone.
There were several people in my former work place that I could not stand. But, they worked for me so they never knew. It's much harder to manage someone you don't like because you always have to work harder to make sure you are judging them on their actual work and not on your bias.
That my cousin stole my holographic 1st edition Charizard Pokemon card back in the early 2000's.
a first edition holographic charizard sells for around $311,180
Load More Replies...Traded $10 worth of dollar store merchandise to a kid for one in 2000.
That reminds how as a kid, my favorite Dragonair card disappear, and I'm sure it's one of the kids my mom babysit that stole it. No proofs, just a hunch (It wasn't a rare one, just my favorite)
My favourite card too, and mine was provably nicked by a mate. Why nick the Dragonair? :(
Load More Replies...I had a roommate who took my Ravi Shankar record when she moved out and still swears it was hers. Some memories you just can't let go!
and that a Yr 6 called Casey robbed me in yr4 of my 3 best cards
I learnt last weekend that some pokemon cards goes up to 15k € We are a society of obsessions.
Pikachu Illustrator is the most expensive Pokemon card sold at 195k USD. Mind you, the stolen card here (base 1st shadowless Charizard) went for 184k USD with a perfect grading. They can get much higher cost.
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That the funeral home by my house is run by some sort of criminal organization.
I always see the same gangster looking guys hanging out in front of it smoking cigars and drinking beers.
Those must be the "delivery" guys. When your loved ones passes away at home, they are the ones who come and collect the body. "Private ambulance" cars are the ones, usually small refrigerated vans. Tough job, those guys see a lot of s**t, they deserve their cigarette and end of the shift beers...
Of course! Just look how many businesses are operated ... without any knowledge, never satisfying a customer, totally off - pretty sure, while not sure what, something else is running there... I know like 5 shops or small businesses I believe are cover operations for some criminal shid I don't wanna be involved in or connected to.
I watched flight 93 go down. I would never share that in real life because it’s f****n grim and no one would believe you (the geography of the reports are off ). I saw it clear as day from Kent state’s main campus (Ohio). I didn’t know what I was seeing other than I remember thinking “that plane is way way too low (we had a aviation college so planes were common) and too big and it’s jerking around like how a toddler drives a power wheels truck....”. Continued on to class. You don’t wanna be late even at a liberal college.
I'm not sure what you saw, but you didn't see a plane that crashed around 200 miles away from you. There were enough ordinary people who WERE in that part of Pennsylvania that DID see it crash and then there were all the reporters who went out to that place, who are not part of a conspiracy to pretend that the plane crashed around Canton, Ohio just because. Like you said, you're next to an aviation college. That would be the most likely explanation for it.
Given that I know someone who was called to the scene of the crash in Pennsylvania ----- to recover remains (read: personal effects that could be identified) ------ no. Not. Not even close. Radar data shows this event clearly, and it didn't go down near Ohio. You live near an aviation school, you get used to nutty flying, FYI. Military dad. They rpactice crazy AF maneuvers that, from the ground, look like insanity, but are part of their training. SMH.
Load More Replies...I call BS. Kent State is almost 190 miles from the Flight 93 memorial, and "the geography of the reports are off"??? It was a very public event; the location of the crash is well known. Yes, the flight path took in within visual range of Kent State, but it would not have been possible to "watch Flight 93 go down" from there.
They never said they watched it happen. They said they watched the plane being too low and jerkily moving around. And referencing one of the comments in the link, around the time the hijackers were taking over the plane lost a lot of altitude and was moving wonkily for a while until it was gotten under control.
Load More Replies...There's many reasons no one will believe you. Not even conspiracy theorists. It was not that low over Kent. Yes, it was not far from Akron, but not erratic at that time. I would have been likely to see it if it was, but just as a jet in the sky as usual being between CLE and AKR. But my eyes were glued on the tv and twin towers before we knew 93 was in danger. And remember, that plane didn't stall, they drove it the ground when the passengers started fighting back when they learned what was happening. That was after they passed Pittsburgh area.
Since every plane in the sky was being grounded, it is not surprising that you saw planes flying lower than normal making landing approaches.
Looking at the flight trajectory, it could have very well been observed from Kent State. However, at that point, it was not flying in the manner you describe.
That must be a horrible thing to remember. Well, at least you know they did their best and didn't got out without a fight. It's over now and a loss was averted the other day from what was learned after flight 93 went down, to keep the cockpit door locked so it can't be breached so some good came out of it. We can only move forward now.
How helpless one would sense. I have heard strange aircraft engine noises on a clear day air night and wondered if..
Reddit supermods have the ability to give unlimited free awards on reddit. This allows them to make certain opinions more visible and normalizes paying real money for reddit emojis.
ah, back when Reddit had no subs, there were no 'awards', no ads, no trolls, back before the great digg migration. Back when it was this small site few knew about and when we saw mention of it anywhere else we were like, quick! hide! we've been spotted! Those were the good old days.
Tumblr will always be like that, I feel. Unless the unthinkable happens and Tumblr becomes Reddit-ized.
Load More Replies...You know you're old when you had no idea that Reddit could be monetized...
I didn't know either until I was awarded a "Masterpiece" on one of my posts and saw that it had paid for a certain amount of server time... seventeen minutes, I think? Anyway, that was awhile back and my only Reddit award, but then again I'm not there that often.
Load More Replies...This may be an unpopular opinion, but I'd rather toss in a few bucks here or there to keep reddit running without the avalanche of ads I experience everywhere else on the internet. 🤷🏼♀️
Except the highlighting award thing is more annoying than ads.
Load More Replies...McDonald’s coke hits different than any coke I’ve ever had.
True. it's probably already watered down to save costs, and then when you think about it, 3 quarters of your cup is ice anyway.
Load More Replies...this is true because coke has their canisters calibrated to take into account the ice and rate of melt. that is why a coke from mc d's will taste pretty much the same from the first sip to the last. how do i know this? very old ex employee.
McDonald's actually has an agreement with Coca-Cola wherein they receive their syrup in stainless steel containers instead of plastic like every other restaurant does. McDonald's also uses a larger width of straw than most fast food places, so the bubbles bust on your tongue and disburse the flavor differently.
I found this interesting when I first learned of it. I was surprised.
Load More Replies...Unlike other fast food places, where they charge you easily twice the amount for a product that's worth the same amount of money. McDonald's actually has great deals on their beverages. It's pretty much the only thing I get from there.
Load More Replies...It is different, and not in a good way. But maybe it varies across franchises? I had a coke zero at maccas in London Victoria that was so vile I couldn't drink any coke zero for a year, and it still tastes that bad there. A branch in Leicester Square has diet coke sweeter than its regular coke.
Was this posted just to get a rose out of people? McDonald’s coke is publicly known to be out of stainless steel tanks blah blah blah.
The Truman show was made to make me think the entire world watching my every move was a ridiculous notion. But I know better...
I'm not paranoid... You're all just trying to make me THINK I'm paranoid!
It's not paranoia if they actually ARE watching.
Load More Replies...A few years before The Truman show came out, I've watched a Spanish short movie that told basically the same story, but it was more horrifying (even though funny) and had a darker and more twisted ending. I wish I could find it.
Getting a name tattooed on your body is a curse both on you and the person whose name is on you for as long as you wear it.
Well, I have the initial letter of my daughter's name on me, and it's not a curse.
I have my daughters name as well. She got to pick the font and watch me get it.
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My sister ate the whole ice cream-box without asking my parents.
There is probably 7 degrees of separation from everyone and a serial killer. That number is probably lower than 7.
Edit: Make it 3 degrees. I don't know the real number. The number doesn't matter to me, really- the point was we're all close to a serial killer.
i think half of people are just one asshole in traffic away from serial killer, the other half are the asshole in traffic
😅😅😅😅so we are surrounded by assholes and serial killers?
Load More Replies...Here's something that popped into mind the other day: I'm three degrees away from Mao and four from Stalin. I had a friend who was Chiang Kai Shek's driver.
We all know a lawyer. That lawyer has met judges. Who've met either other judges or serial killers
I have weird indirect connections (but still too close for my liking) to two notorious Canadian serial killers, my ex brother in law sold cement mix to Paul Bernardo (he worked at a hardware store at the time and was questioned by police to confirm it was actually him that bought it) and my Aunt was invited to 'dance' for a party at Robert Picktons farm (lucky she found him creepy and turned down the offer or she likely would have been one of his victims fed to his pigs)
I totally disagree. I think some families are connected to several serial killers and some none, the perfect family who are poor yet get on with life in peace.
Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is a spectrum. Serial killers all fall into either the Psychopath or sociopath category of that spectrum. These 2 groups make up around 1-4% of the population. Of that 1-4%, around 70% of those will commit a violent act. Of that 70, 80% will commit violence to another person as the 'aggressor' or 'instigator'. Around 20-30% of that 80 will habitually be aggressive and or abusive personalities, out of that 20-30 only 50% are likely to commit homicide.
I was born in the same hospital that serial killer nurse Genene Jones worked at before transferring over to join a pediatrician's private practice, and at the same time Jones worked there. Genene worked in the neonatal unit, but thankfully since I was delivered on time and without complications I probably spent little time there. Had I been born with complications I might have been under Genene Jones's care and then I might not be alive at all today (since she started her murder spree at that hospital).
Teddy Roosevelt cured his childhood asthma by sheer force of will.
Yes and I grew into mine lol. Late onset asthma sucks
Load More Replies...No. Force of will does not work, it does not matter, it is just an excuse that lucky people use to make other people feel low.
Exercising can help you reduce asthma symptoms dramatically. When I was kickboxing 3-4 days a week, I only had to use my pump once a week compared to before, using it once a day.
Same thing if you steal the snacks form a family member
Load More Replies...I am now off to explore the surrounding town centres to see which local businesses are a front for organised crime, secret government agencies and other life forms living here under cover
I nominate our local thai restaurant. Not once has there been a customer inside.
Load More Replies...Very interesting post. I hope to see more like this in the future. I do agree with the alien theories for sure, simply from a mathematical perspective.
I think we share earth with life forms that our 3 dimensional senses cannot conceive . Sometimes we mistake them for ghosts or aliens if we catch a glimpse. Why? Because I know that there are hundreds of life forms right now that cannot conceive of us for instance creatures who know the world only by taste or smell or touch. I often wonder as well what ants recognise, is human distinct to them from DOG or are we all strange blobs that they don't differentiate between from their tiny little perspectives.
That reincarnation is real and time does not go in a line but a circle
Similarly to the Dr Who text, I remember once drawing fan art for a game and sending it to this publishers fan art email address. Later when the game was released, there was a vehicle that suspicously looked a lot like my fan art. I'm glad if they really used the art to make something, even though the game turned out to be quite awful.
Same thing if you steal the snacks form a family member
Load More Replies...I am now off to explore the surrounding town centres to see which local businesses are a front for organised crime, secret government agencies and other life forms living here under cover
I nominate our local thai restaurant. Not once has there been a customer inside.
Load More Replies...Very interesting post. I hope to see more like this in the future. I do agree with the alien theories for sure, simply from a mathematical perspective.
I think we share earth with life forms that our 3 dimensional senses cannot conceive . Sometimes we mistake them for ghosts or aliens if we catch a glimpse. Why? Because I know that there are hundreds of life forms right now that cannot conceive of us for instance creatures who know the world only by taste or smell or touch. I often wonder as well what ants recognise, is human distinct to them from DOG or are we all strange blobs that they don't differentiate between from their tiny little perspectives.
That reincarnation is real and time does not go in a line but a circle
Similarly to the Dr Who text, I remember once drawing fan art for a game and sending it to this publishers fan art email address. Later when the game was released, there was a vehicle that suspicously looked a lot like my fan art. I'm glad if they really used the art to make something, even though the game turned out to be quite awful.
