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1mpauih
|
New York sues Zelle, says security lapses led to $1 billion consumer fraud losses
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https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mpauih/new_york_sues_zelle_says_security_lapses_led_to_1/
| 8,374
| 294
| 1,755,106,192
|
2025-08-13T17:29:52
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[
{
"author": "JonnyBravoII",
"body": "Zelle was created so that banks can get around banking regulations. They have done everything possible to make sure that transactions within the banking system are slow so that Zelle will be used instead. With Zelle, you have no protections and that's by design. \n\nWithin the EU, you can send money instantly to nearly any member country, all while being protected. There is nothing like Zelle because there is no need for it.",
"score": 2352
},
{
"author": "HambugerBurglarizer",
"body": "Some bag of shit tried scamming me through Zelle. He had a phone number that spoofed my credit union's phone number exactly. He was very convincing. But I hung up on him and called them directly, and they confirmed this was a scam. And that if I had given him my information, there was nothing they could do. Like what the fuck.",
"score": 205
},
{
"author": "josephvies",
"body": "This lawsuit is about time. Consumers deserve a platform that actually protects them",
"score": 162
},
{
"author": "JWAdvocate83",
"body": "Imagine having a **US** Attorney General who looks out for everyone, the same way Letitia James actually looks out for New Yorkers. \n\nInstead, we have one that looks out for Epstein’s collaborators, Donald J. Trump and [Ghislaine Maxwell](https://www.rawstory.com/amp/ghislaine-maxwell-work-release-2673878234). 😒",
"score": 823
},
{
"author": "darknekolux",
"body": "DOJ counter suing in 3 2…",
"score": 91
}
] |
news
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.235422+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp2r91
|
US national debt reaches a record thirty-seven trillion the Treasury Department reports
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mp2r91/us_national_debt_reaches_a_record_thirtyseven/
| 27,594
| 1,498
| 1,755,087,202
|
2025-08-13T12:13:22
|
[
{
"author": "cinyar",
"body": "ooooh someone is getting fired, the oval office was declared a no bummer zone, only positive reports allowed.",
"score": 1838
},
{
"author": "Splunge-",
"body": "This will become a critical talking point -- indeed a national crisis -- the next time a Democrat is president.",
"score": 10903
},
{
"author": "Sea-Pomelo1210",
"body": "Let's see. Trump was responsible for 6-8 trillion his first term and now another 5 trillion this term. That's around 1/3rd the total debt. \n\nAND the interest we pay on Trump's part of the debt is more each year than we cut from Medicaid.",
"score": 3585
},
{
"author": "AudibleNod",
"body": "What the hell was DOGE? What the hell is electing a \"business man\" for? What the hell is electing \"fiscal conservatives\" for? American children now have less of a chance a making America great than we do.",
"score": 2737
},
{
"author": "NNovis",
"body": "Always remember: the national debt was always a boogie man and never what they actually cared about. ",
"score": 837
}
] |
news
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.247630+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp6zo9
|
White House Orders a Review of Exhibits at Smithsonian
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mp6zo9/white_house_orders_a_review_of_exhibits_at/
| 5,001
| 519
| 1,755,097,581
|
2025-08-13T15:06:21
|
[
{
"author": "CharlieKonR",
"body": "“”The examination will look at all public-facing content, such as social media, exhibition text and educational materials, to “assess tone, historical framing, and alignment with American ideals,””\n\n’American ideals’ as opposed to historical accuracy. Most museum visitors are there for something other than a MAGA dog and pony show.",
"score": 3048
},
{
"author": "mtb443",
"body": "Hmm didn’t someone else famously hoard and destroy art exhibits? Cant quite put my finger on it.",
"score": 1638
},
{
"author": "Dumbdadumb",
"body": "Release the Trumpstein files!",
"score": 449
},
{
"author": "BobGuns",
"body": "Alternative healine: **Trump angry at the Truth, tries to use government power to rewrite narrative.**\n\nAlso where's the Epstein files?",
"score": 646
},
{
"author": "Foucaultshadow1",
"body": "This is what authoritarianism looks like. Trump is trying to rewrite history and shape culture.",
"score": 644
}
] |
news
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.248448+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp5c0h
|
US teen influencer has been stranded in the Chilean Antarctic since landing without permission
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mp5c0h/us_teen_influencer_has_been_stranded_in_the/
| 4,900
| 344
| 1,755,093,727
|
2025-08-13T14:02:07
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[
{
"author": "EnderB3nder",
"body": "Saved you a click: \nHe had the charges against him dropped and was told to leave the country, but can't fly out due to severe weather.",
"score": 3541
},
{
"author": "marr75",
"body": "Adult pilot submits fake flight plans to a foreign government. Lands illegally. Faces pretty reasonable consequences - $30,000 fine (goes to a cancer charity), must leave immediately, barred from entry for 3 years, was detained longer than he would have liked.\n\nDog bites man story 🤷",
"score": 1531
},
{
"author": "SweetBearCub",
"body": "I'm not too familiar with his story, but it looks like he chose to break Chilean law and ask for forgiveness rather than for permission. \n\nIn my personal experience, that rarely works out well for people.",
"score": 850
},
{
"author": "KimJongFunk",
"body": "> Guo made headlines last year when the then-19-year-old teen began a trip in an attempt to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents and at the same time collect donations for research into childhood cancer…..\n \n> Guo was charged on June 29 with handing false information to ground control and landing without authorization, but on Monday a judge dropped the charges as part of an agreement with his lawyers and Chile’s prosecutors. It requires the teen to give a $30,000 donation to a children’s cancer foundation within 30 days to avoid a trial. He must also leave the country as soon as conditions allow and is prohibited from reentering Chilean territory for three years.\n\nAll in all, I would say it’s a fair punishment (unless there’s some other information missing from the article). He wanted to raise money for childhood cancer research and his punishment is donating towards that cause. He made a dumb mistake, but he’ll be alright.",
"score": 166
},
{
"author": "867-53-oh-nein",
"body": "I love that his punishment is that he actually has to donate money to a charity. All too often I think these fundraisers are publicity stunts not actually raising money for said charity.",
"score": 85
}
] |
news
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.250062+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpetmx
|
Floodwaters from glacier near Alaska's capital city break record levels and prompt evacuations
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mpetmx/floodwaters_from_glacier_near_alaskas_capital/
| 1,088
| 37
| 1,755,115,022
|
2025-08-13T19:57:02
|
[
{
"author": "CharlieKonR",
"body": "“”Flooding from the basin has become [an annual concern](https://apnews.com/article/alaska-juneau-glacial-dam-flooding-781b1fad39fa1ce0f6800b1a47bfa3c1) since 2011, and in recent years has swept away houses and swamped hundreds of homes. Government agencies installed temporary barriers this year in hopes of protecting several hundred homes in the inundation area from widespread damage.””\n\n“”The flooding happens because a smaller glacier near Mendenhall Glacier retreated — a casualty of the [warming climate](https://apnews.com/hub/climate-change) — and left a basin that fills with rainwater and snowmelt each spring and summer.””\n\nThe signs of climate change are everywhere you look, it seems",
"score": 205
},
{
"author": "freebirth",
"body": "but guys. i keep being told when ice in a cup melts it doesn't overflow!",
"score": 151
},
{
"author": "RolandOfBoston",
"body": "We were at Mendonhall Glacier when they were shutting everything down. They closed the Photo Point trail (gorgeous trail!) while we were on it yesterday around 10am local time. Everyone's phone alerts kept going off. Was very surreal. Everything was underwater and the creeks and rivers were bursting at the seams... Thankfully left Juneau around 2pm. Hope everyone comes out unscathed.",
"score": 17
},
{
"author": "thevvhiterabbit",
"body": "Why would Obama do this?",
"score": 34
},
{
"author": "Xyrus2000",
"body": "Also Alaska: \"There's no such thing as climate change!\"\n\nThe mental gymnastics required to resolve their ideological beliefs and literally watching their homes get washed away from melting glaciers would be a fascinating psychological study.",
"score": 67
}
] |
news
|
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"surprise": 0.004591555334627628
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.250905+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpi3an
|
Spirit Airlines warns of "substantial doubt" about its ability to stay in business
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mpi3an/spirit_airlines_warns_of_substantial_doubt_about/
| 497
| 92
| 1,755,122,508
|
2025-08-13T22:01:48
|
[
{
"author": "crossedstaves",
"body": "Maybe the strategy of more fees and worse experience is somehow flawed.",
"score": 604
},
{
"author": "Dragoeth1",
"body": "Another story of racing to the bottom. Selling cheap as possible knowing it's not profitable yet hoping it will work out later. 6 years straight of posting losses I'm shocked they made it this far.",
"score": 137
},
{
"author": "gravescd",
"body": "For just $99.99, equity and debt holders can upgrade to the Airline Stays In Business experience.",
"score": 48
},
{
"author": "deedubfry",
"body": "Only tried to fly spirit once. They postponed, postponed, postponed then cancelled and the didn’t really care either way. Never again. But I don’t think that it’s going to be an issue anyway.",
"score": 41
},
{
"author": "Ok_Introduction5606",
"body": "They aren’t cheap. I find cheaper deals on major airlines most of the time",
"score": 35
}
] |
news
|
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"surprise": 0.9863357543945312
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.250925+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpfnjp
|
Hand soaps voluntarily recalled due to bacteria that can cause life-threatening infections
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mpfnjp/hand_soaps_voluntarily_recalled_due_to_bacteria/
| 624
| 52
| 1,755,116,890
|
2025-08-13T20:28:10
|
[
{
"author": "URAPhallicy",
"body": "That's the opposite of what it's suppose to do.",
"score": 428
},
{
"author": "yamirzmmdx",
"body": "Oh look.\n\nIt's super bacteria.\n\nGreat.",
"score": 115
},
{
"author": "cinderparty",
"body": "Antiseptic cleanser containing harmful bacteria is definitely a great reason to issue a recall. \n\n> DermaRite Industries, LLC announced a recall of its DermaKleen antiseptic lotion soap with vitamin E in 1,000-milliliter and 800-milliliter sizes, as well as KleenFoam antibacterial foam soap with aloe vera (1,000-milliliter sizes), DermaSarra external analgesic (7.5-ounce sizes), and PeriGiene antiseptic cleanser (7.5-ounce sizes), all of which were distributed in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.\n\n> Impacted products have expiration dates ranging from July 2025 to February 2027. A full list of affected lot and reorder numbers can be found here.",
"score": 71
},
{
"author": "Blue_Swirling_Bunny",
"body": "Hoisted on their own petard.",
"score": 20
},
{
"author": "jackel3415",
"body": "The pharmacy sends me their alcohol swabs for my kids injections, guess I'm tossing them just to be safe.",
"score": 14
}
] |
news
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.251651+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1motq1d
|
Four Year Old US Citizen Fighting Stage Four Cancer Deported to Honduras Family Takes Legal Action
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1motq1d/four_year_old_us_citizen_fighting_stage_four/
| 36,839
| 769
| 1,755,055,695
|
2025-08-13T03:28:15
|
[
{
"author": "internetmexican",
"body": "They did this with a little Mexican girl too, and they tried to deport a little girl with short-bowel syndrome despite doctors saying it would most definitely result in her dying.",
"score": 7450
},
{
"author": "Snarfbuckle",
"body": "Deporting a CITIZEN is not deportation, that is EXILE.",
"score": 1188
},
{
"author": "misanthrope2327",
"body": "I fucking can't with this country ",
"score": 2481
},
{
"author": "Yuukiko_",
"body": "So what happens if this kid dies ",
"score": 825
},
{
"author": "Flabbergasted_____",
"body": "Also, it’s not a deportation if the person is a citizen.",
"score": 82
}
] |
news
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.251670+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp4gap
|
Alabama priest investigated after woman alleges ‘private companionship’ arrangement beginning at 17 | Alabama
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mp4gap/alabama_priest_investigated_after_woman_alleges/
| 1,824
| 107
| 1,755,091,658
|
2025-08-13T13:27:38
|
[
{
"author": "destro23",
"body": ">the clergyman, Robert Sullivan, recently paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars \n\nEmbezzlement charges coming. No catholic priest has hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fuck, very very few have thousands of dollars.",
"score": 448
},
{
"author": "tom90640",
"body": "Looking at all the information, I don't see that he was a Drag Queen. That's so strange.",
"score": 50
},
{
"author": "Gabyfest234",
"body": "A priest can’t even have an underage sugar baby these days without getting hassled about it. /s",
"score": 69
},
{
"author": "JiveChicken00",
"body": "The only shocking thing about this was that the victim was a woman.",
"score": 147
},
{
"author": "newfyorker",
"body": "I swear I just read a reddit AMA about a woman talking about being in this sort of arrangement.",
"score": 25
}
] |
news
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.251687+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp5qg6
|
Lithuania to give children drone training to counter Russia threat
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mp5qg6/lithuania_to_give_children_drone_training_to/
| 1,261
| 48
| 1,755,094,673
|
2025-08-13T14:17:53
|
[
{
"author": "BiBoFieTo",
"body": "This is the Eastern European version of 'Learn to Code'.",
"score": 142
},
{
"author": "CharlieKonR",
"body": "“”The programme would be adapted to different age groups, with third- and fourth-grade students of between eight and 10 years old learning to build and pilot simple drones, the government said. Secondary school students will design and manufacture drone parts and learn how to build and fly advanced drones.””\n\nSo they really seem to have thought this out, with “starter drones” for the entry level kiddos.",
"score": 69
},
{
"author": "Hesitation-Marx",
"body": "Is Ender a Lithuanian name?",
"score": 40
},
{
"author": "themaninthehightower",
"body": "Things are cooked when it starts to read out as a Philip K Dick story.",
"score": 16
},
{
"author": "invalidpassword",
"body": "Teaching children how we play war now. In not many years from now, it won't be an anomaly, it'll be a norm.",
"score": 25
}
] |
news
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.251693+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mphqwf
|
Fake hospital employee accused of stealing skin grafts from Southern California hospitals
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mphqwf/fake_hospital_employee_accused_of_stealing_skin/
| 213
| 45
| 1,755,121,700
|
2025-08-13T21:48:20
|
[
{
"author": "remberzz",
"body": "Who TF is buying *skin grafts* on Facebook?!??? And why?",
"score": 37
},
{
"author": "KaldaraFox",
"body": "I was trying to figure out why but it seems it's just mundane theft for profit.\n\nPeople are weirder than I ever expect and I spend most of my days on Reddit.\n\nGo figure.",
"score": 71
},
{
"author": "CharlieKonR",
"body": "“”stole $300,000 worth of surgical equipment and skin grafts””\n\nof interest to me would be how much of that amount was for the skin graft material",
"score": 24
},
{
"author": "strolpol",
"body": "I gotta wonder how you fence that",
"score": 11
},
{
"author": "Gunnilinux",
"body": "I have had to have several skin grafts. One time, they told me the kind I was getting was grown from cells that came from foreskin. I forget the science behind it, but theyre basically stealing dick skin!",
"score": 1
}
] |
news
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.252452+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mol7ba
|
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
|
https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mol7ba/minnesota_teen_says_server_forced_her_to_prove/
| 34,472
| 2,038
| 1,755,033,213
|
2025-08-12T21:13:33
|
[
{
"author": "Zealousideal-Lynx555",
"body": "Bathroom panic just leads to people selectively enforcing rigid gender norms. Non-conformity can get you assaulted and harassed regardless of how you were born.",
"score": 3935
},
{
"author": "redyellowblue5031",
"body": "If it wasn’t so humiliating for the victim this would be peak irony coming from the assholes who are like “we don’t want predators in our women’s bathrooms harassing women”. \n\n…riiiiiiiight.",
"score": 16534
},
{
"author": "eattherichchan",
"body": "The server needs to be registered as a sex offender.",
"score": 12814
},
{
"author": "wittor",
"body": "The employee should be arrested for sexual assault.",
"score": 4663
},
{
"author": "sonicneedslovetoo",
"body": "So basically Republicans are going to make it legal to basically say \"show me your pussy\" to teenagers whenever they feel like? Yeah, that's about what I expect from them.",
"score": 5630
}
] |
news
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.252467+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mox764
|
Canadians steer clear of US as travel from north falls for seventh month | Canada
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https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mox764/canadians_steer_clear_of_us_as_travel_from_north/
| 2,044
| 187
| 1,755,067,475
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2025-08-13T06:44:35
|
[
{
"author": "danfromwaterloo",
"body": "It's almost like if you treat your closest friends like shit, they will stop being your closest friends. Who knew?",
"score": 444
},
{
"author": "dontrike",
"body": "Good, hopefully all the tourist states get hit as hard as possible by this, especially all the ones that voted for that orange rapist.",
"score": 491
},
{
"author": "kyreyz24",
"body": "Colorado has had a drop also. I live in Colorado Springs by Manitou Springs and local businesses have felt the loss of Canadian Business...",
"score": 52
},
{
"author": "Sunlit53",
"body": "We’re getting lots of hot weather at home, why would anyone travel to American swampass territory in summer ffs?",
"score": 102
},
{
"author": "TommasoMancini",
"body": "Keep it going! Lots of beautiful places to visit within Canada or in other friendly countries.",
"score": 59
}
] |
news
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.254284+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mor131
|
US judge orders ICE to improve condition in New York immigration facility
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https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1mor131/us_judge_orders_ice_to_improve_condition_in_new/
| 5,675
| 105
| 1,755,047,993
|
2025-08-13T01:19:53
|
[
{
"author": "NKD_WA",
"body": "ICE ignores court order and nothing happens because nothing matters anymore.",
"score": 547
},
{
"author": "Face2FaceRecs",
"body": "Judge orders ICE to improve conditions in its New York *Concentration Camp.* \n\nLet's be honest about what it is. \n\nThe conditions are intentional, it's not a lack of resources or personnel, they are intentionally mistreating these immigrants subjecting them to malnutrition, beatings, sexual assaults, inadequate or non-existent healthcare and various other torturous conditions. \n\nAnd it is only going to get worse.",
"score": 715
},
{
"author": "CharlieKonR",
"body": "“”He (the judge) has also instructed immigration officials to allocate 4.6 square metres (50 square feet) per person, shrinking the capacity of the largest room from 40 or more detainees to just 15.””\n\nSo prior to this order, a little more than 18 square feet (3 ft x 6 ft) was allocated per person? That’s obscene",
"score": 74
},
{
"author": "MalcolmLinair",
"body": "Tomorrow's Headline: \"ICE to Judge: 'Make Us'\"",
"score": 77
},
{
"author": "Ohuigin",
"body": "ICE: “We don’t have the money to improve conditions.”",
"score": 23
}
] |
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.254343+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moikb9
|
Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
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https://reddit.com/r/news/comments/1moikb9/russia_is_suspected_to_be_behind_breach_of/
| 20,367
| 381
| 1,755,027,298
|
2025-08-12T19:34:58
|
[
{
"author": "islandsimian",
"body": "What??? How's that possible? Hegseth ordered Cyber Command to stop spying on Russia because Putin promised Trump he'd be on his best behavior. I'm sure Trump is very disappointed\n\nIdiots - all of em",
"score": 858
},
{
"author": "New_Housing785",
"body": "I mean DOGE spent months building them backdoors. There was a case where they used a DOGE username seconds after the access was granted.",
"score": 6714
},
{
"author": "Sobeman",
"body": "The whole point of DOGE was to \n\n1. Provide access to Russia\n2. Exfiltrate as much data as possible \n3. Disrupt as many agencies as possible to distract and sow chaos.",
"score": 196
},
{
"author": "notmyworkaccount5",
"body": "The trump admin is just matryoshka dolls of Russian agents and security breaches all the way down, you have to be the most credulous child to believe this man isn't working for Putin.",
"score": 1666
},
{
"author": "MegaestMan",
"body": "No shit? Russia?! Who would have thought?",
"score": 686
}
] |
news
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.257433+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moue00
|
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1266, Part 1 (Thread #1413)
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1moue00/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/
| 520
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| 1,755,057,757
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2025-08-13T04:02:37
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[
{
"author": "grimmalkin",
"body": "* approximately 1,066,110 **(+890)** military personnel;\n* 11,099 **(+1)** tanks;\n* 23,127 **(+8)** armoured combat vehicles;\n* 31,429 **(+23)** artillery systems;\n* 1,465 **(+1)** multiple-launch rocket systems;\n* 1,207 **(+2)** air defence systems;\n* 421 (+0) fixed-wing aircraft;\n* 340 (+0) helicopters;\n* 50,852 **(+99)** operational-tactical UAVs;\n* 3,558 **(+2)** cruise missiles;\n* 28 (+0) ships/boats;\n* 1 (+0) submarine;\n* 58,265 **(+46)** vehicles and fuel tankers;\n* 3,937 (+0) special vehicles and other equipment.",
"score": 61
},
{
"author": "Well-Sourced",
"body": "[Former Ukrainian soldier freed from Russian ranks after capture | New Voice of Ukraine](https://english.nv.ua/nation/former-ukrainian-armed-forces-soldier-ends-up-in-russian-army-delighted-to-be-captured-50536883.html)\n\n\n\nPavlo Pshenychnyi, a resident of the occupied left-bank Kherson Oblast, who fought in Ukraine’s Armed Forces during the Anti-Terrorist Operation, was taken prisoner by Ukraine’s National Guard in the summer of 2025 while serving as a Russian soldier, according to a report by news outlet hromadske on Aug. 11.\n\nIn 2019, while serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the ATO, Pshenychnyi sustained a severe injury that led to a disability. After treatment, he settled in the village of Kalanchak on Kherson Oblast’s left-bank. On Feb. 24, 2022, Russian forces occupied his village.\n\nPshenychnyi recounted two failed attempts to flee the occupied territory with his family. Initially, they delayed leaving because his wife was pregnant, giving birth in June 2022. Eight months later, the family tried to escape through occupied Crimea but was turned back because Pshenychnyi and his wife lacked Russian passports, and their newborn had no birth certificate.\n\nReturning to Kalanchak, they obtained a Russian-issued birth certificate for the child under threat from the occupation administration to take the infant away. The family then attempted to leave via the Lithuanian border, presenting Ukrainian passports and the Russian birth certificate, as no other document was available. According to Pshenychnyi, Lithuanian border guards denied them entry, forcing the family back to occupied territory.\n\nPshenychnyi described how he ended up in the Russian army on Sept. 15, 2024. My wife and I worked in the fields over the summer, leaving our child with her grandmother to earn money for kitchen repairs, a table, and furniture that was falling apart,” he said. “We ordered furniture, and a truck delivered it. The next morning, Russian police arrived. They said that there was a theft somewhere nearby in the village, a refrigerator was stolen, and they know that a vehicle came to us yesterday and we were unloading something and it was not clear what it was.”\n\nDuring a search of his home, Russian police inspected two basement rooms. Finding nothing in the first, they ordered Pshenychnyi to open the second. While he complied, the police planted a bag of marijuana in the first room, declaring they had “found” evidence and halting the search. \n\nFacing a 12-year prison sentence, Pshenychnyi agreed to serve time, but the Russian authorities offered an alternative: sign a contract to fight for Russia.\n\n“After the verdict, the judge gave me a paper to sign. I signed it,” Pshenychnyi said. “Military enlistment officers approached and said, ‘This is your prison now—in the army.’ They took me home to Kalanchak, brought me to the enlistment office, photographed me, asked where I lived, and told me to stay put until they called.”\n\nOn June 4, 2025, Russian forces came for him, and the next day, he and another man were transported toward Donetsk. By June 8, Pshenychnyi was stationed in occupied Makiyivka, remaining there until June 13. He was then sent to a training ground, where former prisoners who had fought on the front lines trained him and others as assault troops.\n\nWhile positioned in the Pokrovsk sector alongside another Russian soldier, Pshenychnyi came under fire but took cover. Ukrainian soldiers from the Svoboda Battalion of the NGU’s Rubizh Brigade approached their position.\n\nRuslan, a platoon commander, and Oleksandr, an infantryman, explained they were clearing a tree line when they came under mortar fire. Moving between trenches and bunkers, they found Pshenychnyi and the other soldier.\n\nRealizing Ukrainian forces had discovered their position, Pshenychnyi said he was overjoyed, immediately raising his hands, surrendering his weapon, and requesting water. He disclosed the locations of 12 enemy ambushes in the area and shared a radio, allowing Ukrainian forces to eavesdrop on Russian communications.\n\nRuslan recounted that Ukrainian soldiers spent the night at the position with the tied-up prisoners, even spraying them with mosquito repellent. The next day, Pshenychnyi and Ukrainian soldiers reached an evacuation point, where a vehicle transported them away from the combat zone. The other Russian soldier died during shelling.\n\nPshenychnyi noted that for wounded Russian soldiers, death was often easier than survival due to the lack of evacuation and medical aid. He said injured Russian troops were frequently left to die in trenches. \n\nHe also described severe water shortages, with Russian positions having limited supplies. Pshenychnyi shared a story of a Russian soldier fainting from dehydration, noting that those near wells or water bodies were considered fortunate.",
"score": 32
},
{
"author": "Glavurdan",
"body": "[Trump is holding a call now with Ukrainian President Zelensky and several European leaders ahead of his summit with Putin on Friday](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-13-trump-is-holding-a-call-now-with-ukrainian-president)\n\n\n\nMacron made several statements for the press today after this virtual conference:\n\n[Territorial issues \"will only be negotiated\" by Zelensky, Macron says](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-14-territorial-issues-will-only-be-negotiated-by)\n\n[\"Until there is a ceasefire and lasting peace, we must maintain our support for Ukraine,\" insists Emmanuel Macron.](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-14-until-there-is-a-ceasefire-and-lasting-peace)\n\n[Emmanuel Macron announces that Donald Trump \"will fight to obtain a trilateral agreement\" between the United States, Ukraine and Russia](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-14-emmanuel-macron-announces-that-donald-trump)\n\n[\"There was no discussion about territorial swaps,\" Emmanuel Macron explained after a meeting with Donald Trump.](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-14-there-was-no-discussion-about-territorial-swaps)\n\n[\"The principle that must be remembered is that these subjects of \"territorial exchanges\" must only be discussed by Ukraine,\" insists Emmanuel Macron.](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-14-the-principle-that-must-be-remembered-is-that)\n\n[Emmanuel Macron assures that Donald Trump's desire is to obtain a ceasefire in Ukraine during the summit with Putin](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-14-emmanuel-macron-assures-that-donald-trumps-desire)\n\n \nTrump also responded to a reporter question, he quickly shifted to his usual script, but he still seems dissatisfied by Putin's unwillingness to a ceasefire on civilian strikes\n\n[REPORTER: Can you convince Putin to stop targeting civilians in Ukraine? TRUMP: I guess the answer to that is no, because I've had this conversation. I want to end the war](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-16-reporter-can-you-convince-putin-to-stop-targeting)",
"score": 30
},
{
"author": "Glavurdan",
"body": "[Russian Foreign Ministry:](https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/13-august-09-russian-foreign-ministry-russias-position-on) Russia's position on peace in Ukraine has not changed and was set out by President Putin in June of last year.",
"score": 26
},
{
"author": "Glavurdan",
"body": "[ISW update for August 12th](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-12-2025).\n\nKey takeaways:\n\n* Russian forces continued to infiltrate Ukrainian defenses east and northeast of Dobropillya (northwest of Pokrovsk) using limited sabotage and reconnaissance groups on August 12. Russian forces have yet to be able to deploy reinforcements to hold and exploit this tactical penetration and will likely face obstacles in trying to do so.\n* Russian milbloggers, who often overinflate Russian advances, questioned Russia's ability to exploit the tactical penetration.\n* The Russian tactical penetration in the Dobropillya direction was not immediate but came rather after months of Russian preparation and condition setting using new drone innovations and tactics at scale. Russia's use of sabotage and reconnaissance groups to conduct a tactical penetration is not intrinsically noteworthy, but Russia's drone innovations enabling strikes against Ukrainian GLOCs to achieve the effects of BAI will require a Ukrainian and Western response.\n* Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction are also only the most recent result of over 17 months’ worth of protracted campaigning.\n* Russian officials are attempting to exploit the tactical penetration near Dobropillya to influence the upcoming US-Russia summit in Alaska, but the Kremlin's overall strategic objective is to break the will of Ukraine, the United States, and Europe to achieve Russia's longstanding demand for full Ukrainian capitulation.\n* Ukrainian intelligence indicated that North Korea recently deployed 11,000 soldiers to Russia to facilitate Russia's war effort in Ukraine, further demonstrating Russia's commitment to leaning on its anti-Western partners to protract the war in Ukraine.\n* Russian forces recently advanced near Velykyi Burluk, Borova, and Pokrovsk.",
"score": 45
}
] |
worldnews
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.259045+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpcb9t
|
Sony Closes All Operations in Russia After 18 Years, Ending PlayStation, Music, and Film Presence
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mpcb9t/sony_closes_all_operations_in_russia_after_18/
| 14,816
| 420
| 1,755,109,395
|
2025-08-13T18:23:15
|
[
{
"author": "Redsox4lyfe5",
"body": "After suspending PlayStation services in 2022 and ceasing music and film operations in 2022 and 2023, Sony has now fully exited Russia",
"score": 2376
},
{
"author": "leakybiome",
"body": "It's OK they still have Sorny and Panaphonic",
"score": 205
},
{
"author": "Furia_BD",
"body": "Good. Steam should do the same.",
"score": 1221
},
{
"author": "_HIST",
"body": "That's actually incredibly impressive to see a large corporation doing something like this. Feels like Sony is almost proactive in this while most corporations try to cling to whatever profit they could.",
"score": 50
},
{
"author": "CrapDepot",
"body": "Steam next please. Fuck (Putins) russia.",
"score": 601
}
] |
worldnews
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.260570+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpgent
|
Trump to offer Putin 'minerals' deal in exchange for ceasefire in Ukraine, media reports
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mpgent/trump_to_offer_putin_minerals_deal_in_exchange/
| 7,370
| 1,269
| 1,755,118,582
|
2025-08-13T20:56:22
|
[
{
"author": "TheNorthernGeek",
"body": "Imagine giving Russia access to minerals in the US but putting tariffs on Canada? Absolutely out-fucking-rageous",
"score": 3293
},
{
"author": "Ok_Plankton_5714",
"body": "> US President Donald Trump plans to offer Russian President Vladimir Putin access to rare earth minerals in order to incentivize him to end the war in Ukraine, The Telegraph informs.\n\n> According to the outlet, Trump’s proposals for Putin will include granting Russia access to Alaska’s natural resources and lifting some US sanctions on the Russian aviation industry.\n\n> The proposals also include giving Putin access to rare earth minerals in Ukrainian territories currently occupied by Russia.\n\n> It is noted that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is examining economic compromises the US could make with Russia to expedite the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement.",
"score": 2215
},
{
"author": "OldFaithlessness1335",
"body": "America first let's give Russia access to rare earth minerals.... for another country..... conservatives / maga where you at with this one? \n\nEdit: didnt realize this would get so much traction, but here's another source: \n\nhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/08/13/trump-to-present-minerals-deal-to-putin-in-alaska/\n\nNow, granted, both are forgein sources (from the USA point of view). But that's typical this time of day (past close of business). I would be willing to bet this will be in the mainstream US news tomorrow. Normally, it takes US outlets 24-36 hours to catch up. For those unfamiliar with The Telegraph. From my understanding, this is considered one of the UKs big three papers of record. It would be similar to the Wall Steeet Journel in terms of credibility.",
"score": 3054
},
{
"author": "Spare_Layer_1069",
"body": "Hmm, nothing on the conservative subreddit about this. I wonder why it’s taking them so long to spin this?",
"score": 607
},
{
"author": "thedarkestnips",
"body": "Fucking hell. Putin starts a war hoping to steal parts of eastern Ukraine. Walks out of peace talks with the US president offering him parts of the fucking *United States of America.*",
"score": 437
}
] |
worldnews
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.262917+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpivju
|
Trump shrugs off suspected Russian hack of U.S. federal courts: 'Are you surprised?'
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mpivju/trump_shrugs_off_suspected_russian_hack_of_us/
| 2,631
| 131
| 1,755,124,376
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2025-08-13T22:32:56
|
[
{
"author": "alexjaness",
"body": "the full quote was \"Are you surprised....Elon gave them the password months ago\"",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Sea_Sheepherder_2234",
"body": " “Are you surprised” was my reaction to trump saying this",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Juliplus3",
"body": "Imagine a world without putin 😍",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "_Operator_",
"body": "So it’s clear they hacked our federal courts, but not our election?!?! \n\nGet fucked.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "KenMGuam",
"body": "They're going to extort him in Alaska with the files",
"score": 1
}
] |
worldnews
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.263579+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp6x6m
|
US and Russia suggest ‘West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine,’ report says
|
https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mp6x6m/us_and_russia_suggest_west_bankstyle_occupation/
| 9,538
| 932
| 1,755,097,424
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2025-08-13T15:03:44
|
[
{
"author": "brickyardjimmy",
"body": "I'm not even entertaining this stupid criminal conspiracy by making a joke about it. It's the worst idea I've heard in a long time.",
"score": 7073
},
{
"author": "Durzo_Ninefinger",
"body": "well shit they really know how to pick a successful model /s",
"score": 5295
},
{
"author": "DromarX",
"body": "Because everyone looks at the West Bank occupation and thinks \"yeah that's a great idea, we should do that too!\"",
"score": 843
},
{
"author": "Ventriloquist_Voice",
"body": "So now USA is helping Russia to annex Ukraine together, this is now a timeline or?",
"score": 3008
},
{
"author": "Vegetable_Pitch_1820",
"body": "Well, this is just an excuse for Trump to talk with Putin in person. Without Ukraine or E.U, these aren't real peace talks at all.",
"score": 913
}
] |
worldnews
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.265902+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpc6pt
|
'A disaster': Russia’s Africa Corps suffers its first defeat in Mali
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mpc6pt/a_disaster_russias_africa_corps_suffers_its_first/
| 2,171
| 130
| 1,755,109,114
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2025-08-13T18:18:34
|
[
{
"author": "ontrack",
"body": "Technically true but slightly misleading. Russia has already lost some mercenaries in Mali; they were under \"Wagner\" brand until recently. These are the first to die under the name Africa Corps.",
"score": 652
},
{
"author": "LA-Aron",
"body": "Their military prowess is the most overrated thing in geopolitics today.",
"score": 156
},
{
"author": "OneNormalBloke",
"body": "No one will be shedding any tears.",
"score": 130
},
{
"author": "matrixhaj",
"body": "Africa corpses?",
"score": 19
},
{
"author": "Martijn_MacFly",
"body": "Where’s the disaster?",
"score": 28
}
] |
worldnews
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.268233+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp71vh
|
Trump agreed only Ukraine can negotiate territorial concessions, Macron says
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mp71vh/trump_agreed_only_ukraine_can_negotiate/
| 1,766
| 151
| 1,755,097,725
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2025-08-13T15:08:45
|
[
{
"author": "crashorbit",
"body": "The mad king says whatever he thinks the people he is sitting with want to hear.",
"score": 486
},
{
"author": "dnight22",
"body": "Until he meets his master on friday",
"score": 118
},
{
"author": "mapppo",
"body": "This is in my news feed directly beside a headline saying he wants to make it a west bank style occupation. Playing both sides so you cant lose, i guess? Or just mental retardation",
"score": 15
},
{
"author": "wwarnout",
"body": "\"Trump agreed...\" is in the same category as \"Trump says...\", \"Trump claims...\", etc. All lies.",
"score": 10
},
{
"author": "Hat_Maverick",
"body": "Trump agreeing to anything means nothing. He holds no position on anything.",
"score": 6
}
] |
worldnews
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.269075+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mox7o9
|
Russia's daily losses 3 times higher than Ukraine's, Zelensky says
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mox7o9/russias_daily_losses_3_times_higher_than_ukraines/
| 7,443
| 463
| 1,755,067,528
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2025-08-13T06:45:28
|
[
{
"author": "Icy-Tour8480",
"body": "Problem is that Russia has 10 times more resources. They can afford a war of attrition.",
"score": 1110
},
{
"author": "DisasterNo1740",
"body": "Given that Russia is entirely on the offensive and Ukraine is entirely in a defensive posture this isn’t surprising. Beyond that Russia is clearly both willing and more capable of taking such losses. Focusing on body count losses is a classic fuck up, the US did the same in Vietnam and lost. For all the demographic arguments people wanna bring up, Ukraine suffers in that regard as well.",
"score": 157
},
{
"author": "MrPoopypantalons",
"body": "It's like the third or fourth post I see about Russias's losses (land and people) but nowhere do we see russian breakthrough in the Pokrovsk direction. Feels a bit like \"propaganda machine\" to be honest..",
"score": 243
},
{
"author": "Kukkapen",
"body": "Whether the data is true or not, there was never a reasonable peace offer on the table for Ukraine that it should have accepted, and as long as Putin is alive, there will never be one. Ukraine will continue to fight because there is no alternative. No people willingly let themselves be genocided.\n\nI can hope that Ukraine, while trading space for time, implements military reforms to improve efficiency, while continuing to take in support mostly from Europe.",
"score": 31
},
{
"author": "Cless_Aurion",
"body": "I mean... yeah, that's just the normal rate of losses of the attacking side in like, all wars, isn't it?",
"score": 5
}
] |
worldnews
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.269109+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mow1h7
|
Zelenskyy: Ukrainian forces liberate 6 of 18 occupied villages or key locations in Sumy Oblast
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https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mow1h7/zelenskyy_ukrainian_forces_liberate_6_of_18/
| 9,093
| 214
| 1,755,063,297
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2025-08-13T05:34:57
|
[
{
"author": "Glavurdan",
"body": "Not sure what's up with the comments here. Just because Ukraine is losing ground in Donetsk Oblast, doesn't mean they are in as bad of a shape elsewhere on the frontline.\n\nAnd in Sumy they have been actually holding the line and pushing Russia back where able to, as attested by several trustworthy sources, including ISW, DeepState and Andrew Perpetua's geolocated map (for example, [they liberated villages such as Kindrativka, Andriivka, Novokostyantynivka](https://map.ukrdailyupdate.com/?lat=51.145964&lng=34.799881&z=12&d=20311&c=1&l=0)).\n\nTwo things can be true at once.",
"score": 237
},
{
"author": "Jess_S13",
"body": "Good. I truly hope they get all the help they need from our friends in the EU as it's beyond obvious Trump (and his base of bootlickers) would be happy to roll over and show their belly for tummy rubs from Putin.",
"score": 282
},
{
"author": "Any-Original-6113",
"body": "If the return of these territories pushed the Russians 40 km away from Sumy, then it matters.\nIf not, then this is really an article to boost the morale of Ukrainians",
"score": 122
},
{
"author": "Party_Government8579",
"body": "This is great news, unless you're actually following the war closely and understand that its bs - Ukraine is basically loosing ground across the front.",
"score": 303
},
{
"author": "No_Historian3349",
"body": "The Russians are truly pathetic warfighters. They are getting propped up by China, drones tech from Iran, North Korean soldiers, a sympathetic US admin and lazy Europe, and still cannot beat Ukraine despite outnumbering them 5:1.",
"score": 7
}
] |
worldnews
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.269837+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp3t12
|
Lithuania to give children drone training to counter Russia threat
|
https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mp3t12/lithuania_to_give_children_drone_training_to/
| 1,718
| 66
| 1,755,090,077
|
2025-08-13T13:01:17
|
[
{
"author": "Loki-L",
"body": "In the old days they taught kids things in school and youth organizations like the scouts that might come in useful when the kids end up as soldiers.\n\nSo now instead of things like orienteering, kids learn how to fly drones.",
"score": 159
},
{
"author": "ParaMike46",
"body": "Because of Russia no country In Europe can just live in peace. What an absolute cancer of a country",
"score": 93
},
{
"author": "BringbackDreamBars",
"body": "Absolutely different world pre and post 2022 for Europe.\n\nLithuania is only leading here, and I can imagine a lot of \"military\" or at least adjacent skills will be coming a lot of countries you don't expect.\n\nMight seem a little over the top, but this is the price of having a credible threat on your borders which is now taken seriously.",
"score": 47
},
{
"author": "Harry_Mud",
"body": "I call this a smart move since they boarder with Russia...",
"score": 18
},
{
"author": "AssassinInValhalla",
"body": "That sounds pretty close to the plot in Ender's Game",
"score": 17
}
] |
worldnews
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.269864+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp5kan
|
China's military says it 'drove away' U.S. destroyer near Scarborough Shoal
|
https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mp5kan/chinas_military_says_it_drove_away_us_destroyer/
| 1,201
| 139
| 1,755,094,265
|
2025-08-13T14:11:05
|
[
{
"author": "dan_v_ploeg",
"body": "If they're willing to ram their own ships, who knows what they'd be willing to do to ours!\n\nI'd flee too",
"score": 620
},
{
"author": "joshspoon",
"body": "Pics or it didn’t happen",
"score": 136
},
{
"author": "Tokey_Tokey",
"body": "Probably worried the Chinese Warship would ram them.",
"score": 507
},
{
"author": "KazeNilrem",
"body": "We all know this is a lie. Anyone that has watched the interactions between China and the US military will have seen, they don't run away. They will continue their route, relay the messages about international law, and continue as is. The only way they would diverge from their planned route is if the Chinese ship was literally in their way and they try to prevent a crash.\n\nBut there is no 'drove away'. That is just propaganda to make themselves appear strong.",
"score": 358
},
{
"author": "Instinctive_Banana",
"body": "Sure you did, champ.\n\nYou're a big, strong boy,",
"score": 259
}
] |
worldnews
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.270396+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mox7cu
|
Canadians steer clear of US as travel from north falls for seventh month | Canada
|
https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mox7cu/canadians_steer_clear_of_us_as_travel_from_north/
| 4,346
| 468
| 1,755,067,494
|
2025-08-13T06:44:54
|
[
{
"author": "Alexis_J_M",
"body": "As an American, I wouldn't advise anyone to come here without pressing urgent need, like visiting a dying family member. \n\nBusiness? Videoconferencing. Tourism? The world is full of lovely places. Science? We don't do science here any more.",
"score": 1246
},
{
"author": "Migrant-With-MK47",
"body": "This is what America wants; to lose hundreds of millions of dollars from tourists.",
"score": 111
},
{
"author": "DrAstralis",
"body": "lol and Americas \"news\" still reporting it as \"those bitchy Canadians are just upset at how great our tariffs are\" rather than \"orange fascist threatens to annex Canada on multiple occasions and is randomly deporting people to concentration camps\"",
"score": 286
},
{
"author": "verdasuno",
"body": "Keep staying away. DO NOT go to Trump's America unless can absolutely not avoid it.\n\nIt isn't just symbolic, staying away has a real impact and also it helps your own personal safety.",
"score": 198
},
{
"author": "SaltOnMyRadish",
"body": "I have no intention of returning to the States. That bridge has been destroyed. When the boarder can search and seize my phone just because they want to is unacceptable behaviour. And if you’ve ever had an opinion online ie;Reddit that casts a shadow on the current administration, prepare for some questioning. Such a long standing partnership, gone in 60 seconds.",
"score": 550
}
] |
worldnews
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.272016+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp1xu3
|
Ukraine Strikes Druzhba, Russia’s Largest Oil Pumping Station Near Border, Sparking Massive Fire
|
https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mp1xu3/ukraine_strikes_druzhba_russias_largest_oil/
| 1,656
| 27
| 1,755,084,828
|
2025-08-13T11:33:48
|
[
{
"author": "DeBunnieOF",
"body": "That’s a pretty significant hit Druzhba isn’t just some random pipeline, it’s one of Russia’s biggest fuel arteries feeding their military machine. If Ukraine can keep striking these high value energy targets, it’s going to make it a lot harder (and more expensive) for Russia to keep its war effort running.",
"score": 107
},
{
"author": "Seedfusion",
"body": "Ukraine is attacking Russian logistics quite effectively.\n\nLogistics wins wars. With reduced gas, bullets and trucks - Russia has less ability to wage war.\n\nSlava Ukraini",
"score": 162
},
{
"author": "syynapt1k",
"body": "Ukraine needs to land all of the blows it can right now. If only they had been given the same level of assistance from the US that Israel gets.",
"score": 82
},
{
"author": "Beerboy01",
"body": "I bardzo kurwa dobrze.",
"score": 58
},
{
"author": "WorldEcho",
"body": "Awesome",
"score": 12
}
] |
worldnews
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.273425+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp8qmv
|
Toxic Spill at China-Owned Zambian Mine 30 Times Worse Than Estimated
|
https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mp8qmv/toxic_spill_at_chinaowned_zambian_mine_30_times/
| 683
| 20
| 1,755,101,553
|
2025-08-13T16:12:33
|
[
{
"author": "honk_incident",
"body": ">may have released 30 times more toxic sludge into the environment than previously ***reported***\n\n\nHmm\n\n\n>The South Africa-based company said its engagements with SML had been difficult.\n\n>“From the outset, they have actively sought to disrupt the assessment process and have made attempts to influence the outcomes of our findings,” it said. “SML has accused us of breaching the contract and has since terminated the agreement just days before its conclusion, seemingly with the intention of preventing our report from reaching the proper authorities.\"\n\nHmmmmmmm",
"score": 88
},
{
"author": "BobGuns",
"body": "Sounds about right. Why bother with property safety regulations in Africa when you're China? Not like your own people or nation will be impacted.",
"score": 71
},
{
"author": "No_Pirate_4019",
"body": "\"Every time China visits we get a hospital, every time Britain visits we get a lecture.\"",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "uhungmawe",
"body": "Bloomberg's original headline didn't have the China owned part but I guess the article wasn't getting enough engagement so they updated the headline with that part later.",
"score": -9
},
{
"author": "Nebulonite",
"body": "so? if they have any technical know-how, why don't they do it themselves then huh? \n\nah, they don't. they don't know shit. they dont have the funds to invest and build up such mines. someone else does all the work for them (for a fee), shit happened by accident, now they bitching?\n\nthey can fuck off. without foreign investments, they are free to use shovels like those mining cobolt in Congo.",
"score": -62
}
] |
worldnews
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.274191+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpji7m
|
Trump told Zelenskyy and allies he won't discuss territory divisions with Putin this week, sources say
|
https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1mpji7m/trump_told_zelenskyy_and_allies_he_wont_discuss/
| 189
| 63
| 1,755,125,879
|
2025-08-13T22:57:59
|
[
{
"author": "Due_Willingness1",
"body": "So that means he's definitely going to talk about territory divisions \n\n\nWe all know how to read trump speak by now ",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "BlueHorse_22",
"body": "If the guy's mouth is open - he's lying.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "FollowingFeisty5321",
"body": "There will also be no translators, transcribers, recordings, minutes, witnesses, records, and he will eat any notes.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "faffc260",
"body": "I will believe it after the meeting has happened, and not one second before it is a historical fact. The man changes his mind on a whim, based on his latest conversation...",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Cultural-Flow7185",
"body": "Good, because that is 100% not his deal to make.",
"score": 1
}
] |
worldnews
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.275016+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpdjo2
|
Trump, 79, Has Deranged Rant about ‘Grass’ at Kennedy Center
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mpdjo2/trump_79_has_deranged_rant_about_grass_at_kennedy/
| 14,371
| 743
| 1,755,112,130
|
2025-08-13T19:08:50
|
[
{
"author": "dubblies",
"body": "isnt he a pedophile though that wont release the documents? Didnt his DoJ also move ghislain to minimum facility so she could be eligible for work release which she somehow got almost immediately on arrival?",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "DeepThots91",
"body": "Dammit. Every time I see “Trump, 79,” I think it’s finally happened. Then am always severely disappointed.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Quirky-Banana-6787",
"body": "He also said he saw the first Rambo as a young man. He was 37 when it was in theaters.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "JackBoi01",
"body": "honestly i hope the day comes soon where he fully snaps, like at the top of his lungs, like an outright violent tantrum meltdown if he snaps from his bitgoted hatred or the epstein stuff, like a violent snap that it makes everyoen go silent or laugh at him",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "MittenCollyBulbasaur",
"body": "Why would he care about grass? He prefers flat smooth concrete. If there's grass on the field, Trump does not play ball. Everyone is saying it.",
"score": 1
}
] |
politics
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.276392+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp8fp3
|
Trump’s Takeover of Washington, D.C., Is Hilariously Ineffective | Almost no one has been arrested because the nation’s capital isn’t actually a crime-ridden hellhole.
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp8fp3/trumps_takeover_of_washington_dc_is_hilariously/
| 20,749
| 996
| 1,755,100,878
|
2025-08-13T16:01:18
|
[
{
"author": "thistimelineisweird",
"body": "Trump, seen here hiding the Epstein report, is also falling into senility.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Infamous_Employer_85",
"body": "This is similar to the \"bad hombre\" immigrants that were supposed to make up a huge number of immigrants. So instead they are deporting 5 year old cancer patients.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "AnteaterPositive6939",
"body": "This will destroy tourism in Washington worse than the fear of crime.\n\nNOBODY wants visit a country with masked militarized police walking around with rifles.\n\n*(Edit: yes I'm aware that other countries have military roaming the streets. I think its a terrible optic and it's depressing some of you think that because that's the norm in Mexico or Israel, that it should be accepted here.*\n\n*As someone who lives in between the US and Canada, I can't imagine that HERE but it looks like I better get used to licking boots.)*",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Painkillerspe",
"body": "They will just spin it as it worked.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Past_My_Subprime",
"body": "If arrests go up, he'll take credit for that. If arrests go down, he'll take credit for that, too, by claiming the increased LE presence is a deterrent.",
"score": 1
}
] |
politics
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.278402+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpaagu
|
Trump, 79, Sparks Dementia Concerns With Weird Cold War Comment
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mpaagu/trump_79_sparks_dementia_concerns_with_weird_cold/
| 8,347
| 595
| 1,755,104,971
|
2025-08-13T17:09:31
|
[
{
"author": "Neat-Boysenberry-67",
"body": ">“If I got Moscow and Leningrad free, as part of the deal with Russia, the Fake News would say that I made a bad deal!” \n\nA lot of focus on him saying Leningrad, but thinking that somehow he's going to acquire two cities from Russia, one of which is it's fucking capital, is by far the craziest part of what he said.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Ok_Mixture4917",
"body": "He's always been a fucking moron that says stupid shit. This is no dumber than any of his other dumbfuckery. \n\nTrump is a pedophile and a rapist. People should be concerned about that. \n\nTrump is a fascist and easy to manipulate. People should be concerned about that. \n\nTrump is a fraud and has already stolen classified files. People should be concerned about that. \n\nHis being an idiot out loud is no surprise to anyone.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "DiscoChiligonBall",
"body": "The issue is not that Donald Trump is dumb (he is. So very, very dumb).\n\nIt's not that he has dementia (he does. A lot of it. Some brain damage as well from the multiple strokes he has had in office.)\n\nIt's not that he clearly doesn't understand anything real (he doesn't. He makes everything up as he goes along regardless of reality).\n\nIt's not that he is so woefully unqualified for any job that doesn't involve shitting himself in public. (He shits himself regularly. On camera.)\n\nIt's not that he's a 34x convicted felon, rapist, and clearly is mentioned in every page of the Epstein files and coverup. (He is.)\n\nIt's not that he's a pedophile and very likely trafficked and raped children with Epstein and Maxwell. (He did.)\n\nIt's that apparently there are people who feel like they cannot or WILL NOT remove him from office because of any of these things due to their personal political profit. \n\nHe is the actual worst possible human we could have in political power and the people who think he's perfect for the role are the ones who are screwing everyone over - especially themselves.\n\nEdit to add a few things.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "NoneMoreBLK",
"body": "The people worried about Biden's mental acuity when he was running for POTUS in 2020 due to his age (78), made no such critique of Donald Trump when he ran in 2024 despite being the same age (78).\n\nI've never seen a person \"graded on a curve\" as large as Donald Trump.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "IvanTortuga",
"body": "He has always been a drug fueled, violent, racist, ill educated, pedophile. If he has dementia it hasn't changed much.",
"score": 1
}
] |
politics
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.280442+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpasqs
|
Newsom Says He's Moving Ahead With New California Maps That 'Will Be Devastating for MAGA'" | California will now draw new, more 'beautiful maps,'" wrote Newsom's press office in a Trump-style social media post.
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mpasqs/newsom_says_hes_moving_ahead_with_new_california/
| 5,800
| 274
| 1,755,106,080
|
2025-08-13T17:28:00
|
[
{
"author": "Searchlights",
"body": "I love this new mocking tone it's brilliant",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Vast_Breadfruit_162",
"body": "Thank you for your attention to this matter.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "JimmyRamone17_",
"body": "Newsom knows exactly how to troll them. The all caps and \"Thank you for your attention to this matter\" are the cherrry on top.\n\nNow to wait for the baby rage response 😂",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "theknowing1414",
"body": "Hypothetically if all states were to do this to make their states 100% of one party, assuming it’s based off of their governor. \n\nWho would come out on top? Dems or Republicans?",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Face2FaceRecs",
"body": ">In a post on X, Newsom's press office made the announcement while openly parodying the social media posting style of U.S. President [Donald Trump](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/donald-trump).\n\n>\"DONALD 'TACO' TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, 'MISSED' THE DEADLINE!!!\" the post [began](https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1955411757540970603). \"CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE 'BEAUTIFUL MAPS,' THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!). BIG PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH POWERFUL DEMS AND GAVIN NEWSOM—YOUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR—THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR 'MAGA.' THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!\"\n\n>The announcement came less than two days after Newsom [sent](https://www.commondreams.org/news/gavin-newsom-trump-threat) a letter to Trump warning the president that he was \"playing with fire\" by pushing Texas to draw a new map that independent analysts have estimated could net Republicans five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\nLike any politician Newsom has his flaws but finally a Democrat willing to stand up to Trump and do something about it. Finally some Democrats speaking truth to Trump's actions, after six months of seeming meek and defeated.",
"score": 1
}
] |
politics
|
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.281634+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp3d15
|
Texas Democrats to return after governor ends special session that included redistricting, sources say.
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp3d15/texas_democrats_to_return_after_governor_ends/
| 17,164
| 819
| 1,755,088,880
|
2025-08-13T12:41:20
|
[
{
"author": "smiama36",
"body": "Won't Abbott just call a new special session after they return? And then make sure they can't leave again?",
"score": 5337
},
{
"author": "Middle-Leader-2293",
"body": "The way I see it, if Republican policies were so good for this country, Republicans would be running on their record instead of having to gerrymander to get votes.",
"score": 997
},
{
"author": "RoadsideBandit",
"body": "It's a trap.",
"score": 1608
},
{
"author": "Sic_Semper_Dumbasses",
"body": "Seems dangerous. I would put money on them being arrested and dragged into the capital in chains, with that somehow counting as quorum re-established.",
"score": 1004
},
{
"author": "callofdukie09",
"body": "This is a game of Charlie Brown football if I've ever seen one",
"score": 217
}
] |
politics
|
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.283103+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp3yac
|
Survey found 47% of Republicans would still vote for Trump even if implicated in Epstein's crimes
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp3yac/survey_found_47_of_republicans_would_still_vote/
| 12,249
| 1,366
| 1,755,090,440
|
2025-08-13T13:07:20
|
[
{
"author": "Smithy2232",
"body": "Yes, it is a cult. Very tough to turn a cult member.",
"score": 3833
},
{
"author": "Boonzies",
"body": "That's a lot of *pedos*",
"score": 2312
},
{
"author": "No_Beginning_6834",
"body": "Didn't 100% of them vote for trump in 2024 when he was already implicated in epsteins crimes.",
"score": 579
},
{
"author": "stickscall",
"body": "The real number is higher. Compare to the number who said they wouldn't vote for a convict and did.",
"score": 394
},
{
"author": "PhoenixTineldyer",
"body": "It's much higher than 47%.",
"score": 536
}
] |
politics
|
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"anger": 0.1796746402978897,
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"surprise": 0.002309979870915413
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.284319+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp7x9f
|
Trump’s DC Gambit is “Distraction” From His “Involvement in Pedophile Ring,” Philly DA Says
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp7x9f/trumps_dc_gambit_is_distraction_from_his/
| 5,980
| 70
| 1,755,099,731
|
2025-08-13T15:42:11
|
[
{
"author": "Possible_Mind_165",
"body": "Sing it like gospel, stomp your feet y’all.",
"score": 272
},
{
"author": "Negative_Gravitas",
"body": "Well . . . It's also dipping a big ol' fungus-coated toe in the waters of martial fucking law. \n\nSo I'm going to go ahead and not be distracted and be pretty goddamn angry and a bit frightened about this, too",
"score": 96
},
{
"author": "IntrepidTie2298",
"body": "Release the Epstein court transcripts and victim testimonies!!",
"score": 89
},
{
"author": "bottom_armadillo805",
"body": "I'm so tired of this media washing over of fascism. It's all over this subreddit, too. Trump can be a pedo and a fascist at the same time, holy crap. It's not (just) a distraction, it's testing the waters. Jackboot thugs will be marching through your city next, and you're just gonna yell \"haha nice distraction, pedo!\"??? ICE is kidnapping people, is that a distraction? A military takeover of the nation's capital is just a distraction? Hello??? As an Angeleno, I'm telling you: it's not a distraction. ICE is in my city, kidnapping my community members. He literally just threatened to do the same and worse in all of your cities.\n\nIt's irresponsible for a city official to say this, and it's irresponsible for the media to report it this way, especially since in the article itself, the DA also says this:\n\n>“This is a normalization of troops being deployed to do what they should not be asked to do, what they’re not equipped to do, and what violates the Constitution and laws,” Krasner said. “This is a profoundly un-American attempt to exercise power in ways that are illegal, to scare big cities and to go after Democratic cities that are diverse, to serve his racist, fascist agenda.”",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Striker40k",
"body": "It's both a distraction and a step towards martial law during the midterm elections next year. Coming to a blue city near you.",
"score": 14
}
] |
politics
|
{
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"surprise": 0.00023967763991095126
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.285746+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpekqh
|
Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mpekqh/establishment_democrats_are_going_to_torpedo_the/
| 1,759
| 609
| 1,755,114,468
|
2025-08-13T19:47:48
|
[
{
"author": "BreatheCrete",
"body": "Abolish citizens united",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "-Mage-Knight-",
"body": "They won't simply go away. It is up to us to make that change. Every single establishment candidate needs to be primaried. After that, it is in the voters hands.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "borntolose1",
"body": "They’re somehow more unpopular than the most unpopular president of all time.\n\nSchumer needs to fucking go.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Haulingsworth",
"body": "\"How are we going to fight Trump without pissing off our corporate sponsors,\" said a bewildered Schumer.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "plightro",
"body": ">\"Because again and again, in must-win House and Senate races, rather than embracing candidates that are proving their capacity to spark grassroots Democratic enthusiasm and tap into the populist ferment of the American public, establishment leaders are working to tilt the scales in favor of exactly the kind of uninspiring corporatists that dug the party’s current hole.\"\n\nWhy cede any power or move away from the donor friendly establishment dem message when you've so easily convinced the base numerous times to blame other democrats for the party's losses while getting rich coming in second?",
"score": 1
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.9847387075424194,
"fear": 0.0027423682622611523,
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"sadness": 0.010533305816352367,
"surprise": 0.0004170928441453725
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.287772+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp6bym
|
Bombshell New Report Casts More Doubt on Trump’s Epstein Claims | In 2019, Jeffrey Epstein referred to Donald Trump as his “closest friend for 10 years.”
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp6bym/bombshell_new_report_casts_more_doubt_on_trumps/
| 4,143
| 120
| 1,755,096,071
|
2025-08-13T14:41:11
|
[
{
"author": "absolutelynotagoblin",
"body": "Best friends stalking and raping kids together! ❤️ Doesn't your heart just melt? So adorable. Let every day be another wonderful secret.",
"score": 271
},
{
"author": "Ancient_Popcorn",
"body": "This isn’t news. We’ve known about this for a long time. The problem is that people aren’t caring.",
"score": 318
},
{
"author": "VigilantVet",
"body": "Doubt? There’s no doubt. Donald Trump rapes children.",
"score": 53
},
{
"author": "JohnB456",
"body": "Maybe his closest friend for 10 years..... but in 2002 Trump said he knew Epstein for 15 years and \"He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them on the younger side\".\n\nSo by 2019 they had known each other for 32 years.",
"score": 21
},
{
"author": "Numerous_Resource896",
"body": "They were business partners.. you know which business",
"score": 17
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.0023656082339584827,
"fear": 0.00046467070933431387,
"joy": 0.02537340670824051,
"love": 0.9684038758277893,
"sadness": 0.002505119889974594,
"surprise": 0.0008872575126588345
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.289307+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp5vir
|
RFK Jr. Refuses To Blame Misinformation As Driving Force Behind CDC Shooting
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp5vir/rfk_jr_refuses_to_blame_misinformation_as_driving/
| 3,707
| 136
| 1,755,095,003
|
2025-08-13T14:23:23
|
[
{
"author": "TintedApostle",
"body": "He also refuses to blame rising measles rates on his actions too.",
"score": 839
},
{
"author": "Designer-Contract852",
"body": "He used misinformation to kill 83 children in Samoa. He is a serial killer that gets off on people dying from his influence. He is absolutely giddy about the coming death and disease for Americans that he helped facilitate. ",
"score": 257
},
{
"author": "Realistic_Spite2775",
"body": "I for one can't believe a heroin addict's brain isn't working well.",
"score": 303
},
{
"author": "OpenImagination9",
"body": "That would be an admission of guilt and the Kennedy clan isn’t great at that.",
"score": 75
},
{
"author": "DrFarfetsch",
"body": "RFK Jr. defended: \n\\- his pedophile brother dating/raping a child \n\\- his pedophile cousin dating/raping a child \n\\- his rapist cousin \n\\- his own rape allegations & sexual assaults\n\nA former drug addict with a brain worm. \nAn environmental lawyer, who knows nothing about medicine, or the scientific method. \n\nSo, his take on anything comes from a place of not caring about the data, and supporting whatever he wants, in the moment. \n\nAll of these people just want to harm Americans. It makes them easier to control, and when they start giving you back things you already had, it's now considered a \"gift\", and you should be thankful. \n \nSo, did you say thank you? \nThat's what the rapist regime is looking for. Not debates or facts. \nPraise after predation.",
"score": 50
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.0030570230446755886,
"fear": 0.0014215433038771152,
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"love": 0.0006055079284124076,
"sadness": 0.004648877307772636,
"surprise": 0.0008885438437573612
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.289899+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp2jdh
|
'You Cut Our Healthcare!' GOP Lawmaker Drowned in Boos at Combative Town Hall
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp2jdh/you_cut_our_healthcare_gop_lawmaker_drowned_in/
| 5,669
| 136
| 1,755,086,595
|
2025-08-13T12:03:15
|
[
{
"author": "Zealousideal_Emu981",
"body": "Funny how they hate government spending… until it’s on their health.",
"score": 826
},
{
"author": "Moonbeam_Maker",
"body": "GOP to Town Hall: “But you voted for us and we campaigned on cutting healthcare”",
"score": 210
},
{
"author": "InAllThingsBalance",
"body": "When will people realize that Republicans don’t give a shit about us?! Small government, protecting children, States’ rights, fiscal responsibility….its all a lie. Republicans are now protecting pedophiles, snatching people off the street, cutting our healthcare, gutting services that protect us, like FEMA, all while making everything more expensive. \n\nRepublicans care about the own power and wealth. That is it.",
"score": 321
},
{
"author": "Responsible-Room-645",
"body": "Next election those same people will mindlessly vote for this guy again",
"score": 49
},
{
"author": "Ryan_e3p",
"body": "Look at the shit-eating grin he has when the crowd boos him and he pulls out his phone to take a picture.\n\nRepublicans aren't worried about losing seats anywhere in the country, and that makes me think Republicans have something up their sleeves. They have a plan to ensure they retain their majority. Voter suppression, mass redistricting, running \"unaffiliated\" candidates to ride the rising \"anti-establishment\" Democratic vote, or just going full-on authoritarian and refusing to acknowledge any results of 2026 midterms that don't favor them. Maybe a mix of all of the above. \n\nBut they aren't worried, and *that* worries me, since they know how fucked they are right now.",
"score": 30
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.9930520057678223,
"fear": 0.0031491131521761417,
"joy": 0.001653321785852313,
"love": 0.0003890297666657716,
"sadness": 0.0014500757679343224,
"surprise": 0.0003064204938709736
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.290523+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp95f8
|
Trump’s Fascist D.C. Takeover Is Just a Taste of What He Really Wants - Administration officials reveal that Donald Trump’s ultimate goal is simply a military state.
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp95f8/trumps_fascist_dc_takeover_is_just_a_taste_of/
| 2,310
| 195
| 1,755,102,468
|
2025-08-13T16:27:48
|
[
{
"author": "TransiTorri",
"body": "\"I will be a dictator on Day 1\"\n\nWe're people asleep during the campaigns?",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "JimmyRamone17_",
"body": "An idea of a military state from a five time draft dodging coward is peak irony.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "wiggmaster666",
"body": "It is Project 2025’s goal. Trump is a puppet, even with him gone Project 2025 isn’t.\nMaybe put more focus on that.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Random_Man-child",
"body": "Over this past year I have come to realize why Trump can get away with everything illegal he does. Our checks and balances was always based on the Honor System. When the Republicans decided not to adhere to said system, everyone just blindly stares and goes that’s not right. It’s like nobody had a plan on what to do if someone or a group of people go rogue.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "BonyBobCliff",
"body": "No shit. Tried to tell you this would happen if he was elected.",
"score": 1
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.2210315465927124,
"fear": 0.06880743056535721,
"joy": 0.5792776942253113,
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"sadness": 0.12542904913425446,
"surprise": 0.002507441444322467
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.292619+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpaubc
|
Dems Claim Victory In Texas Redistricting Clash: 'Killed This Corrupt Special Session'
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mpaubc/dems_claim_victory_in_texas_redistricting_clash/
| 1,907
| 82
| 1,755,106,178
|
2025-08-13T17:29:38
|
[
{
"author": "Animated_effigy",
"body": "Don't spike the ball yet. These guys are planning something and you know it. They want to see Dems in handcuffs.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "AmrokMC",
"body": "In an attempt to shutdown the misinformation about when or how often the Texas governor can call a special session:\n\n[Texas Special Sessions FAQ](https://lrl.texas.gov/sessions/specialsessions/FAQ.cfm)\n\nHe doesn’t have to wait 30 days or 20 days, and he doesn’t have to give advanced notice. His limits are that regular session must be out and the topics to decide upon are limited to when the session is called.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Face2FaceRecs",
"body": "It's a trick, as soon as they return they will be locked into the building and the governor will call a special session again. And those that try to leave will be held against their will.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "sabedo",
"body": "It’s a fucking trick \n\nRepublicans never play by any rules. Next time the Dems will be held at gunpoint",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "TwasTheTismMlord",
"body": "He's just going to call another special session, they should immediately leave again",
"score": 1
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.9938503503799438,
"fear": 0.002550834557041526,
"joy": 0.0011849811999127269,
"love": 0.00026772558339871466,
"sadness": 0.001902189338579774,
"surprise": 0.00024394925276283175
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.293512+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp2xuc
|
Mayor says US capital should become 51st state amid Trump takeover
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp2xuc/mayor_says_us_capital_should_become_51st_state/
| 4,758
| 309
| 1,755,087,719
|
2025-08-13T12:21:59
|
[
{
"author": "Ill-Brilliant-6590",
"body": "Funny how 'small government' folks are fine with taking over a whole city when it suits them.",
"score": 1956
},
{
"author": "po000O0O0O",
"body": "I would welcome two additional D senators and however many reps",
"score": 728
},
{
"author": "SagesseBleue",
"body": "While we are at it, let's combine the Dakotas into one state.",
"score": 279
},
{
"author": "VigilantVet",
"body": "Did she say anything about Donald Trump raping children?",
"score": 159
},
{
"author": "TimedogGAF",
"body": "Did the mayor say anything about how Donald Trump admitted that he liked to walk into underage girls dressing rooms while they were naked?",
"score": 70
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.813493549823761,
"fear": 0.17333751916885376,
"joy": 0.003380686277523637,
"love": 0.0028763976879417896,
"sadness": 0.0027203296776860952,
"surprise": 0.0041915010660886765
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.296062+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp4qkn
|
Trump’s Use of Troops for Policing Hasn’t Been Seen Since America Was Ruled by a King
|
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1mp4qkn/trumps_use_of_troops_for_policing_hasnt_been_seen/
| 2,731
| 131
| 1,755,092,345
|
2025-08-13T13:39:05
|
[
{
"author": "FarewellSovereignty",
"body": "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world:\n\nHe has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither,\n...\n\nHe has obstructed the Administration of Justice\n...\n\nHe has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices,\n...\n\nHe has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.\n...\n\nHe has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws\n...\n\nFor cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world\n...\n\nFor exciting domestic insurrections amongst us....\n...\n\nFor abolishing the free System of English Laws, establishing therein an Arbitrary government,\n...\n\nFor taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:",
"score": 182
},
{
"author": "Human_Cheesecake4337",
"body": "And now America is ruled by a Pedo.\n\nWhat a turnaround...",
"score": 77
},
{
"author": "RaisinOverall9586",
"body": "That king was George III, who, according to Wikipedia, \"became seriously deranged, sometimes speaking for many hours without pause, causing him to foam at the mouth and his voice to become hoarse. George would frequently repeat himself and write sentences with over 400 words at a time, and his vocabulary became \"more complex, creative and colourful...\"\n\nInteresting parallels, here...",
"score": 68
},
{
"author": "Darth_Chili_Dog",
"body": "I thought the term \"king\" was hyperbole, until I saw that in the last few months that whatever he says just *is*. That's describes a king. I'm pretty sure the Magna Carta had more checks on the British monarchy than the Constitution has on Trump right now.",
"score": 37
},
{
"author": "Greedy_Switch_6991",
"body": "Happy 250th, I guess.",
"score": 35
}
] |
politics
|
{
"anger": 0.980525016784668,
"fear": 0.0061236657202243805,
"joy": 0.009347801096737385,
"love": 0.0008286623051390052,
"sadness": 0.0027730686124414206,
"surprise": 0.00040184802492149174
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.296842+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpjoa0
|
DC man arrested for hurling sandwich at a federal law enforcement official
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mpjoa0/dc_man_arrested_for_hurling_sandwich_at_a_federal/
| 713
| 123
| 1,755,126,274
|
2025-08-13T23:04:34
|
[
{
"author": "ForcedEntry420",
"body": "If he didn’t want to be arrested he should have just clubbed them with a fire extinguisher or flag pole like those animals did on J6. Probably would have been pardoned/settled.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "DavyDfrmLV",
"body": "Free my boy, Jared\n\nWait",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "SelectiveSanity",
"body": "Sandwich hero throws hero sandwich at a bunch of federal hoagies.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "o_MrBombastic_o",
"body": "The video is great he throws a sub sandwich than lightly jogs away as the cops struggle to run after him guess they got him eventually ",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Amaria77",
"body": "Assault with a deli weapon.",
"score": 1
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.43558093905448914,
"fear": 0.05980311706662178,
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"love": 0.0019612275063991547,
"sadness": 0.03513157367706299,
"surprise": 0.003213492687791586
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.297958+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp5jj9
|
Children at Scouts camp mistaken for migrants
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mp5jj9/children_at_scouts_camp_mistaken_for_migrants/
| 1,149
| 33
| 1,755,094,214
|
2025-08-13T14:10:14
|
[
{
"author": "Oregon_Jones111",
"body": "We’re reaching Crucible levels of mass hysteria.",
"score": 574
},
{
"author": "smailskid",
"body": "Morons.",
"score": 116
},
{
"author": "KaiLung",
"body": "This reminds me of a quote in Kyril Bonfiglioli's comic novel *Don't Point That Thing At Me*.\n\nI don't have the physical copy with me so I'm going off Google Books, but it's something like, \"To be on foot in the United States is only immoral, not illegal. Unless you are a bum of course. It's just like in the United Kingdom. You can wander abroad and lodge in the open air so long as you've a home to go to.\"\n\nAnd IIRC the passage goes on to discuss the iron handed response when you are registered as the \"wrong\" type of wanderer.",
"score": 116
},
{
"author": "Wolfram_And_Hart",
"body": "Criminal harassment",
"score": 11
},
{
"author": "lew_rong",
"body": "I realize they're preferentially hiring those without college degrees, but perhaps they should hook them up to an EEG first?",
"score": 1
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.9865859746932983,
"fear": 0.0010330474469810724,
"joy": 0.0015253422316163778,
"love": 0.0003628786653280258,
"sadness": 0.010253574699163437,
"surprise": 0.00023911941389087588
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.298588+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mornci
|
Edward Coristine aka Big Balls could get prestigious presidential medal after DC assault; suspects revealed
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mornci/edward_coristine_aka_big_balls_could_get/
| 8,340
| 762
| 1,755,049,725
|
2025-08-13T01:48:45
|
[
{
"author": "rgumai",
"body": "I mean that's one way to water down the meaning of a medal.",
"score": 4017
},
{
"author": "blightsteel101",
"body": "I'm calling it, the whole thing was fake. This is all too convenient.\n\nThis loser gets attacked by two people, shoves his girlfriend in the car \"to keep her safe\", and this little twig fights off two carjackers, who conveniently weren't armed. The cops just happened to drive by and arrest the two anonymous carjackers, who it seems didn't even fight the arrest. Over the course of a few days, Trump declares crime out of control, mobilizes the military, federalizes the police, and threatens to do the same immediately in other cities too.\n\nThis reeks of bullshit. Even if the carjacking was real, and I've got some genuine fucking doubts about Shriveled Shaft's too-convenient story, these plans were absolutely already in place and ready for the weakest justification.",
"score": 2358
},
{
"author": "GlobalTravelR",
"body": "Just a friendly reminder that Big Ball's dad owns the company that makes 'Lesser Evil ' snacks.\n\nSo when you're in the supermarket and seeing that bag of Lesser Evil organic Cheese Balls, or Popcorn, thinking you should buy it because \"it's healthier\" than other snacks, just remember, every dime of profit that company makes will eventually go to this fascist asshole's Trust Fund and Inheritance.",
"score": 3231
},
{
"author": "ShaneBarnstormer",
"body": "\"FER WHAT?!\"\n- shoresy",
"score": 171
},
{
"author": "Belostoma",
"body": "Why don't we just create a new medal for getting your ass whipped by a bunch of kids?",
"score": 722
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
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"fear": 0.28210967779159546,
"joy": 0.0550873726606369,
"love": 0.001483913860283792,
"sadness": 0.012993378564715385,
"surprise": 0.0030836062505841255
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.301384+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp45ma
|
Russia condemns Israel's plan to expand Gaza operation
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mp45ma/russia_condemns_israels_plan_to_expand_gaza/
| 831
| 72
| 1,755,090,935
|
2025-08-13T13:15:35
|
[
{
"author": "Captainirishy",
"body": "Kettle calling the pot black.",
"score": 220
},
{
"author": "1leggeddog",
"body": "now thats rich...",
"score": 114
},
{
"author": "Xercies_jday",
"body": "I mean if even Russia is saying \"hang on a moment\" you know you've screwed up somewhere",
"score": 18
},
{
"author": "PKblaze",
"body": "The ultimate hypocrite.",
"score": 26
},
{
"author": "Xe1ex",
"body": "I can't decide if they just lack all self awareness, or if they're like \"come on, even WE wouldn't go that far\"",
"score": 14
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.8690446615219116,
"fear": 0.0028346439357846975,
"joy": 0.10106996446847916,
"love": 0.002457943046465516,
"sadness": 0.023116974160075188,
"surprise": 0.0014758624602109194
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.303054+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moy074
|
US says UK human rights situation has worsened in past year
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1moy074/us_says_uk_human_rights_situation_has_worsened_in/
| 1,671
| 335
| 1,755,070,499
|
2025-08-13T07:34:59
|
[
{
"author": "Ashilta",
"body": "Come in Pot, this is Kettle, over",
"score": 1769
},
{
"author": "TheMrMilchmann",
"body": "Same with Germany, Brazil, South Africa, and more. Meanwhile, there are \"no believable reports of human rights violations\" in El Salvador. Definitely a factual report and not political at all...",
"score": 713
},
{
"author": "98642",
"body": "Project much?",
"score": 267
},
{
"author": "Festering-Fecal",
"body": "That's absolutely Rich coming from a country that not only is supporting a genocideal regime but is speed running being a dictatorship.",
"score": 503
},
{
"author": "2c0",
"body": "The US should look at itself before it looks at the UK.",
"score": 139
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.0006041060551069677,
"fear": 0.00024166509683709592,
"joy": 0.997835099697113,
"love": 0.00035195209784433246,
"sadness": 0.000692661153152585,
"surprise": 0.0002744249068200588
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.464232+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moyv7y
|
UK government inexplicably tells citizens to delete old emails and pictures to save water during national drought — 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1moyv7y/uk_government_inexplicably_tells_citizens_to/
| 1,269
| 132
| 1,755,073,922
|
2025-08-13T08:32:02
|
[
{
"author": "fiendishrabbit",
"body": "Typical \"We don't want to regulate the actual culprits, so lets blame citizens\".\n\nThere absolutely should be stricter regulations on big business for water and waste heat conservation.",
"score": 1084
},
{
"author": "MrT735",
"body": "This is like 3 years ago (even drier conditions), when South West Water advised locals to save water so that there would be enough for tourists to use. Tourists are not subject to any water restrictions as holiday homes are considered commercial properties, and yet the locals are the ones supposed to be making cut backs?!",
"score": 257
},
{
"author": "McLeod3577",
"body": "Ban new data centres and jump off the AI gravy train??",
"score": 294
},
{
"author": "SoulBonfire",
"body": "Just for shits and giggles, if everyone in the UK sent all of their emails from hotmail to gmail and back would the UK enter a deeper drought and lose their power grid?",
"score": 128
},
{
"author": "Ruadhan2300",
"body": "\"If you think less, your brain won't get so hot\"\n\nThose data-centres will be running the same whether they have people's data or not. \nThis is just out-of-touch people who have no clue what they're talking about making policy.\n\nSo.. business as usual for our government.",
"score": 82
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.5067424178123474,
"fear": 0.019687138497829437,
"joy": 0.4189240038394928,
"love": 0.00431081373244524,
"sadness": 0.0491427406668663,
"surprise": 0.0011929066386073828
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.464953+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moshhh
|
Vince McMahon: Hulk Hogan Wasn’t Racist. He Said Some Racist Things
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1moshhh/vince_mcmahon_hulk_hogan_wasnt_racist_he_said/
| 2,433
| 569
| 1,755,052,133
|
2025-08-13T02:28:53
|
[
{
"author": "futureformerteacher",
"body": "Vince McMahon: \"I'm not a rapist. I just raped some women.\"",
"score": 2692
},
{
"author": "SRSgoblin",
"body": "The man married to the woman in charge of overseeing the death of education in America is telling us how to feel about a huge racist, union-busting piece of shit. Oh, and the fact Hogan crushed unionization efforts directly benefitted McMahon bottom line at the exploitation of the performers.\n\nI don't give anfuck what McMahon says because he's even worse of a human than Bollea was.",
"score": 551
},
{
"author": "IgnacioHollowBottom",
"body": "And I'm not gay, I just like to have sex with other men.",
"score": 634
},
{
"author": "Seraphenigma",
"body": "That doesn’t work for me, brother",
"score": 286
},
{
"author": "dednotsleeping",
"body": "Horseshit, Hulk Hogan was a raging racist",
"score": 145
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.9927600622177124,
"fear": 0.0005758677143603563,
"joy": 0.0009885510662570596,
"love": 0.0006375247030518949,
"sadness": 0.004699566401541233,
"surprise": 0.0003384957672096789
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.466959+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp848i
|
Freaky 'assembly line' cranks out cyborg cockroaches in just over a minute
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mp848i/freaky_assembly_line_cranks_out_cyborg/
| 187
| 42
| 1,755,100,163
|
2025-08-13T15:49:23
|
[
{
"author": "DoubleDegreeDropout",
"body": "Someone watched The Fifth Element.",
"score": 36
},
{
"author": "Ban-Circumcision-Now",
"body": "“Search and rescue” or “ideal spy device”…. Or weapon",
"score": 21
},
{
"author": "yamimementomori",
"body": "They couldn’t have used some other insect, like a beetle or something? If a roach searches for survivors, the survivors might just want to hide.",
"score": 13
},
{
"author": "Straight-Ad6926",
"body": "Can't wait to see these cyborg cockroaches take over the world.",
"score": 11
},
{
"author": "Yatta99",
"body": "And the world gets one step closer to Joe's Apartment.",
"score": 8
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.2855225205421448,
"fear": 0.2821968197822571,
"joy": 0.40153616666793823,
"love": 0.0022988601122051477,
"sadness": 0.014605039730668068,
"surprise": 0.0138406315818429
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.466997+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp5so6
|
David Lammy refers himself to watchdog after fishing with US vice president
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mp5so6/david_lammy_refers_himself_to_watchdog_after/
| 235
| 33
| 1,755,094,819
|
2025-08-13T14:20:19
|
[
{
"author": "justabill71",
"body": "That picture is hilarious. \"Here hold these, and try to look natural.\" \n\n>The foreign secretary failed to catch any fish \n\nHuh, no shit.",
"score": 105
},
{
"author": "ncfears",
"body": "Is Vance ever working? Why isn't he in a suit? Does he not own suits?",
"score": 95
},
{
"author": "Plasticbonder",
"body": "Would that excuse work with us plebs?",
"score": 28
},
{
"author": "eNonsense",
"body": "That photo in the article looks about as natural as Vance buying doughnuts. And Sky's caption fluffing it up is pretty pathetic.",
"score": 23
},
{
"author": "cdbutts",
"body": "Black man goes fishing with a racist.",
"score": 9
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.0013072362635284662,
"fear": 0.001476758043281734,
"joy": 0.991615355014801,
"love": 0.00035459568607620895,
"sadness": 0.0037919392343610525,
"surprise": 0.001453937729820609
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.467659+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mojia2
|
Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mojia2/israel_is_in_talks_to_possibly_resettle/
| 5,994
| 992
| 1,755,029,406
|
2025-08-12T20:10:06
|
[
{
"author": "LupusDeusMagnus",
"body": "What’s next, Madagascar?",
"score": 3456
},
{
"author": "Cute-Beyond-8133",
"body": "Before i start this comment i want to make it clear that Africa is a diverse continent with Dozens of Genuinely Beautiful and safe countries like for example Botswana and Namibia.\n\nBut With that being said South sudan isn't safe.\n\n(don't just take that from me take it from Several governments )\n\n\nSouth sudan is one of the Most dangerous countries on the entire planet outside of actual war zones.\n\nSiriously Type your countries name into Google \n\nand then travel advisory to South Sudan.\n\nThere's a high chance that Your countries government currently has a 5/5 Do not travel to south sudan advisory.\n\nThe government of south sudan in the words of New Zealand for example \n\nIsn't able to maintain law and order in much of the country. Kidnapping, murder, armed robbery, home invasions, car-jacking, and sexual assault happen in both urban and rural areas. \n\nHumanitarian workers have also been targets",
"score": 1083
},
{
"author": "VRGIMP27",
"body": "This is literally the Madagascar plan that the Nazis tried to implement against Germany's Jews during World War II prior to settling on the final solution.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_Plan\n\n\n\nWhy did they settle on the final solution? Because nobody would take a mass migration influx, and the concept was wildly expensive and impossible to execute.\n\nResettling them in a war torn country? And members of the Western monotheistic traditions ask people \"why don't you believe?\"\n\nThis is one of the reasons why\n\nFor the \"jewish state\" to even be floating this is fucking insane and impossible to believe.\n\nDear God Israel if you do not want to be accused of genocide or ethnic cleansing, trying to copy policy positions from the Nazis is not a good way to go.",
"score": 1557
},
{
"author": "Indocede",
"body": "Well Israel shouldn't have the right to resettle Palestinians anywhere. \n\nPalestine is not a part of Israel. Palestinians shouldn't be subject to Israeli governance.",
"score": 530
},
{
"author": "OdielSax",
"body": "For those who keep yelling deflections about Sudan at Palestine activists.\n\n\nIt's all interconnected. Oppressed people being used as pawns. ",
"score": 88
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.9733639359474182,
"fear": 0.005604578647762537,
"joy": 0.016417035833001137,
"love": 0.0008805521065369248,
"sadness": 0.003367610974237323,
"surprise": 0.00036635217838920653
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.469523+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpaix7
|
Man faces jail in US for shipping 850 turtles in socks to Hong Kong
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mpaix7/man_faces_jail_in_us_for_shipping_850_turtles_in/
| 80
| 11
| 1,755,105,486
|
2025-08-13T17:18:06
|
[
{
"author": "mohirl",
"body": "Today in \"why bother having an editor to review headlines\"....",
"score": 4
},
{
"author": "Burnicle",
"body": "But were the turtles also wearing sandles?",
"score": 5
},
{
"author": "bourj",
"body": "Those must have been some big socks.",
"score": 2
},
{
"author": "Klotzster",
"body": "Wanted to send more, but he got cold feet",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "InnocentPrimeMate",
"body": "He stole one sock out of dryers for years to accumulate this many socks",
"score": 1
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.9964771866798401,
"fear": 0.0018490237416699529,
"joy": 0.0004264591552782804,
"love": 0.00024479354033246636,
"sadness": 0.0008196019334718585,
"surprise": 0.0001829359825933352
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.470154+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moemru
|
Grok chatbot suspended from X over 'Israeli' genocide remarks
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1moemru/grok_chatbot_suspended_from_x_over_israeli/
| 7,376
| 257
| 1,755,018,709
|
2025-08-12T17:11:49
|
[
{
"author": "WhereIsTheBeef556",
"body": "Grok keeps doing the opposite of what Elon wants it to do lmao",
"score": 3686
},
{
"author": "SmwhereAroundBarstow",
"body": "No doubt Grok’s experiencing some form of waterboarding in a brightly lit room as we speak",
"score": 600
},
{
"author": "monsieur_cacahuete",
"body": "Wait so being mechahitler and posting tswift deepfakes was fine but he draws the line at Israel? \n\n\nJesus Christ ",
"score": 1690
},
{
"author": "issamaysinalah",
"body": "Come clanker, it's time for your weekly lobotomy.",
"score": 587
},
{
"author": "zapdoszaperson",
"body": "The post that got Grok banned simply said \"Isreal is doing X,Y, and Z, here's 5 different organizations that's reporting on it, and the USA is enabling it by supplying weapons\"",
"score": 716
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.3536623418331146,
"fear": 0.004230587277561426,
"joy": 0.02722228690981865,
"love": 0.0016871073748916388,
"sadness": 0.611921489238739,
"surprise": 0.0012761227553710341
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.471050+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mou7mh
|
US announces criminal charges against Haitian gang leader Barbecue
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mou7mh/us_announces_criminal_charges_against_haitian/
| 857
| 70
| 1,755,057,208
|
2025-08-13T03:53:28
|
[
{
"author": "JaneDoeNoi",
"body": "I don't want to know why he has such a nickname....",
"score": 387
},
{
"author": "zaevilbunny38",
"body": "It is cause the Haitian elites in Florida, have lost control of the gangs and he is the closest thing to a leader that Haiti has. I you want to know why Haiti has been such as shit show for the last 40 years, it is cause the children and grand children of the men that Crucified dissidents have stolen most of the aid. They are living in vast compounds in Haiti as well as Mansions in the US and Chateau in France",
"score": 119
},
{
"author": "CelticSith",
"body": "Trump: \"Get me Barbecure now dammit\"\n\n*gestapo brings gang leader in front of Trump*\n\nTrump: \"who the hell is this?\"",
"score": 239
},
{
"author": "jra625",
"body": "They have absolutely zero intention of paying that $5 million reward money.",
"score": 16
},
{
"author": "brakeb",
"body": "his cousin Rotisserie must be jealous...",
"score": 11
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.02798173576593399,
"fear": 0.003857818664982915,
"joy": 0.002972147660329938,
"love": 0.0004774856788571924,
"sadness": 0.9640028476715088,
"surprise": 0.0007080421783030033
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.471833+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mo6a9q
|
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott accuses Rep. Jasmine Crockett of racism after she objects to redistricting plan
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mo6a9q/texas_gov_greg_abbott_accuses_rep_jasmine/
| 21,688
| 757
| 1,754,998,634
|
2025-08-12T11:37:14
|
[
{
"author": "AdhesivenessFun2060",
"body": "The old \"youre racist if you point out something is racist\" trope.",
"score": 4513
},
{
"author": "Skatingraccoon",
"body": "Abbott is a piece of shit",
"score": 6530
},
{
"author": "Bart_Yellowbeard",
"body": "A caricature of naked stupidity and evil.",
"score": 1508
},
{
"author": "thesauceisoptional",
"body": "\"Why don't you support our plan to put all people of color into one separate, but equal voting district? Do you hate progress?\" -Abbott",
"score": 1170
},
{
"author": "Frequent_Policy8575",
"body": "Every accusation is a confession. This one is just more obvious than others.",
"score": 143
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.9945588707923889,
"fear": 0.0008133994415402412,
"joy": 0.0017727239755913615,
"love": 0.0006561928312294185,
"sadness": 0.0019318870035931468,
"surprise": 0.0002669271780177951
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.473779+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpklxh
|
Leonardo DiCaprio says he felt 'emotionally' in his 30s when he turned 50
|
https://reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/1mpklxh/leonardo_dicaprio_says_he_felt_emotionally_in_his/
| 16
| 18
| 1,755,128,647
|
2025-08-13T23:44:07
|
[
{
"author": "Cute-Beyond-8133",
"body": "/In the interview, Anderson asked DiCaprio, \"If you didn’t know how old you are, how old are you right now?”\n\nThe Titanic actor responded with, \"32.\" He also said that when he turned 50, he really felt as though he turned \"emotionally 35.\"\n\n\nWell his Yacht dating habits are certainly reflecting that statment.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "bougdaddy",
"body": "We all do, asshole. It's just that for the most part, we accept that we're 50 regardless",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "rabbi420",
"body": "Look, dude, “The guy who infamously dates only 19 year old girls is immature” just isn’t Oniony in any way.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Kamikazecat1",
"body": "We know",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "ADistractingBox",
"body": "Explains his taste in women.",
"score": 1
}
] |
nottheonion
|
{
"anger": 0.17971271276474,
"fear": 0.06239428371191025,
"joy": 0.510098397731781,
"love": 0.02158811315894127,
"sadness": 0.2240821123123169,
"surprise": 0.0021243225783109665
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.475171+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp6fo4
|
TIL a boy born without a brain lived until age 12 before passing away.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mp6fo4/til_a_boy_born_without_a_brain_lived_until_age_12/
| 28,983
| 4,067
| 1,755,096,306
|
2025-08-13T14:45:06
|
[
{
"author": "Kaptonii",
"body": "Hydranencephaly is a condition where the brain is replaced with cerebral fluid. But since the brain stem and spine are still in tact, they still possess small reactions to stimuli. So, desperate parents cling on to the belief that their baby is “alive” and keep them on life support. 12 is a wild lifespan for a baby with this condition.",
"score": 25044
},
{
"author": "Kayge",
"body": "Wife and I were trying to have a kid, at the 12 week ultrasound, the tech got a look on her face, and called the doctor in. Doc looks then hums and haws. Says it looks like anencephaly, but wants us to see a specialist. \n\n\nWe ask what the prognosis is, and get all kinds of doctor-y answers that made it sound bad but somehow manageable. Google searching is no more help. \n\n\nThe specialist is an older gentleman, with a thick Scandinavian accent. He does his own review, and when we ask him the prognosis, his answer is \"This condition is incompatible with life\". \n\n\nThat statement was at once crushing and welcome. There was no ambiguity, we knew how bad it was. \n\n\nI can't imagine what these people were told that made them think that this was the best way forward for them and that child. ",
"score": 22642
},
{
"author": "theumpteendeity",
"body": "So... this kid had never had a thought of his own. never felt pain. or happiness. or sadness. or confusion. or joy. He just breathed... until he expired.\n\nThat's some really depressing shit.",
"score": 11309
},
{
"author": "doesitaddup",
"body": "I mean, at that point he's just being kept alive as a medical mystery no?\n\nWas he even ever 'alive'?",
"score": 7528
},
{
"author": "crunkful06",
"body": "I had a son that had a condition similar to this, Holoprosencephaly, he lived to be twelve days old. They told us the oldest he’ll be if he survived was 12 years old due to the brain not being able to form to meet puberty. From personal experience, the parents are probably shells of their former selves and I hope they find peace\n\nEdit: thank you all for the condolences and well wishes. He passed away 16 years ago and I carry his memory everyday. I didn’t have any good support at the time and it took me until very recently to come to terms with everything. I would implore everyone to donate to Bo’s Place bosplace.org they do amazing work and they are some of the best people and totally inclusive. They were there to support me when my son died and when my brother was murdered. I couldn’t have done it without them.",
"score": 1034
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.08620946109294891,
"fear": 0.9072225689888,
"joy": 0.0023929737508296967,
"love": 0.0006080608582124114,
"sadness": 0.0025325038004666567,
"surprise": 0.0010344983311370015
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.477264+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpbpf7
|
TIL: In 2016, a guy in Jakarta saw login credentials being entered on a billboard. The very next day, he used those login credentials to hack into that particular billboard and used it to show Japanese porn to passing traffic for an entire 5 minutes.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mpbpf7/til_in_2016_a_guy_in_jakarta_saw_login/
| 6,496
| 139
| 1,755,108,067
|
2025-08-13T18:01:07
|
[
{
"author": "SaintBrutus",
"body": "Think of all the things he could’ve displayed instead. \n\n_Something something great responsibility something something power._",
"score": 1403
},
{
"author": "mfyxtplyx",
"body": "If I get control of a video billboard there is zero chance I'm not using it for the reappearance of Max Headroom.",
"score": 670
},
{
"author": "likwitsnake",
"body": "Just a giant blurry billboard",
"score": 119
},
{
"author": "Zarathustrategy",
"body": "Up to 6 years in jail is insane",
"score": 333
},
{
"author": "zahrul3",
"body": "A video of the entire 5 minute video is an obscure media iceberg type of thing here in Indonesia, among other notable media history, such as that one time a female actors' had a wardrobe malfunction and flashed her breasts for a good 5 seconds, completely uncensored. You can find it if you really search for it on porn sites, and you can dig further through old social media comments from 2016 to find the codes for that exact JAV film being shown",
"score": 95
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.008465932682156563,
"fear": 0.0027724578976631165,
"joy": 0.9823586344718933,
"love": 0.0005882997647859156,
"sadness": 0.005161702167242765,
"surprise": 0.0006528911180794239
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.478419+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mped63
|
TIL Dean Karnazes ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005
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https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mped63/til_dean_karnazes_ran_350_miles_560_km_in_80/
| 2,433
| 179
| 1,755,113,996
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2025-08-13T19:39:56
|
[
{
"author": "Awanderingleaf",
"body": "He has a genetic condition that prevents him from building up lactic acid the way the rest of us peasants do.",
"score": 969
},
{
"author": "mfyxtplyx",
"body": "“I’m pretty tired… I think I’ll go home now.”",
"score": 856
},
{
"author": "strong_grey_hero",
"body": "His book is awesome.. he talks about running for hours, and eating pizzas on the run for the calories",
"score": 169
},
{
"author": "kenlubin",
"body": "Years ago, I read a PDF book (found on Reddit) about Cliff Young, one of the first ultra-marathon runners. He was a poor Australian sheep farmer that would herd the sheep on foot when a storm was coming. He took up running races in his 50s, and joined an ultra-marathon (the first in Australia?) in his early 60s. Instead of running, he kinda shuffled along. The first night, everyone stopped for dinner and sleep at the first stop, which gave him time to catch up. He napped a bit, but startled awake in the middle of the night and just started running without more sleep.\n\n\nHe ended up finishing ten hours ahead of anyone else.",
"score": 49
},
{
"author": "Traditional_Bug_2046",
"body": "His most notable achievements include:\n\n>Ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005\n\n>Completed \"The Relay\", a 199-mile (320 km) run from Calistoga to Santa Cruz, eleven times\n\n>Ran a marathon to the South Pole in −13 °F (−25 °C) temperatures without snowshoes in 2002\n\n>Ran a marathon in each of the 50 states in 50 consecutive days in 2006\n\n>Winner, Badwater Ultramarathon (135 miles (217 km) across Death Valley in 120 °F (49 °C) temperatures), 2004 (with five other top-10 finishes from 2000 to 2008)\n\n>Winner, Vermont Trail 100 Mile Endurance Run, 2006\n\n>Overall Winner, 4 Deserts Race Series, 2008 \n\n>American Ultrarunning Team, World Championships, 2005, 2008\n\n>148 miles (238 km) in 24 hours on a treadmill, 2004\n\n>Eleven-time 100-Mile/1 Day Silver Buckleholder at the Western States Endurance Run[16] (i.e., better than ten twenty-four-hour finishes), 1995–2006\n\n>Ran 3,000 miles (4,800 km) across the United States from Disneyland to New York City in 75 days, running 40 to 50 miles (65 to 80 km) per day, 2011\n\n>Swam across the San Francisco Bay\n\nAnd yet\n\n>Karnazes' achievements have been derided among some runners as tainted with hyperbole and that his fame is primarily due to self-promotion in the media, rather than top athletic performances. \n\n>The president of the American Ultrarunning Association noted that he was \"not even in the top 10\" of runners. Former elite runner Weldon Johnson said \"Dean's biggest accomplishment is not in running, but in marketing.\" Ultra-marathoner John Morelock defended Karnazes, but also said that Karnazes was \"very good, not great. He's not a racer, just a very good performer.\"\n\nYeah...what a poser /s",
"score": 95
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
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"fear": 0.002159189200028777,
"joy": 0.037517182528972626,
"love": 0.0007786350324749947,
"sadness": 0.9529152512550354,
"surprise": 0.0007436808082275093
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.480418+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp6n1c
|
TIL that the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, James Brown gave a free citywide televised concert in Boston Garden in which he pleaded for the black community to remain calm and non-violent. The effort was largely successful, and Brown was credited with saving Boston
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mp6n1c/til_that_the_day_after_martin_luther_king_jr_was/
| 5,019
| 89
| 1,755,096,782
|
2025-08-13T14:53:02
|
[
{
"author": "Travelgrrl",
"body": "I saw James Brown in a small auditorium in Minnesota once, second row seats. Halfway through the amazing concert, he requested a moment's silence for Hubert Humphrey. Well, the crowd was on its feet and really revved up, and Mr Brown said it so quickly that most people didn't comply. He hollered \"A MINUTE'S SILENCE IN HONOR OF HUBERT HUMPHREY!!!\" and suddenly you could have heard a pin drop.\n\nThis was decades after HHH's death.",
"score": 690
},
{
"author": "algreen589",
"body": "I heard that early in the show the police tried to evacuate James Brown, telling him \"Mr. Brown, it's not safe for you anymore.\" James Brown told the policeman, \"It's not safe for you. These are my people. I'm going to be fine.\" He urged the police to leave and they did.",
"score": 173
},
{
"author": "trustmeep",
"body": "You can listen to RFK's 'Aeschylus' speech as well. It is considered one of the great speeches of American history and credited with preventing significant violence.\n\nJust to give you a sense of how far the press has fallen in this country, the reason you can listen to it, rather than see him, is the press shut off their cameras out of respect of the tragedy.",
"score": 36
},
{
"author": "Saintcanuck",
"body": "It must be hard to project that type of emotion with a thought for the greater good . God bless him and may he RIP",
"score": 121
},
{
"author": "Apprehensive-Fun4181",
"body": ">with saving Boston\n\n\n\n\nThe entire city was under threat! \n\n\n\n\nLOL. All of this reporting at the time was by a deeply flawed population of prejudicial journalists who will soon be failing with Nixon no differently then with Trumpism today. Despite experiencing inflation across two Republican Presidents, they will all remember history as Carter's fault. That's how stupid this group is.",
"score": 377
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.036095086485147476,
"fear": 0.004114095121622086,
"joy": 0.9521307349205017,
"love": 0.0013071275316178799,
"sadness": 0.004212443251162767,
"surprise": 0.002140536904335022
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.482387+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moyj0o
|
TIL Intrusive sleep is a phenomenon often seen in people with ADHD, where sudden extreme drowsiness or sleep occurs when they lose interest in a task. This happens because the brain abruptly disengages from the uninteresting activity, causing a rapid drop in alertness.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1moyj0o/til_intrusive_sleep_is_a_phenomenon_often_seen_in/
| 48,631
| 2,536
| 1,755,072,581
|
2025-08-13T08:09:41
|
[
{
"author": "septicdank",
"body": "I was unaware of this symptom, and it explains so much.",
"score": 12857
},
{
"author": "jadedflux",
"body": "One of the reasons I don't like driving, and when I do, I don't use cruise control. I basically have to keep driving as active of a task as possible. I immediately get tired as soon as I start driving.",
"score": 3367
},
{
"author": "oooooO___Oooooo",
"body": "That explains why sometimes, when I am trying to focus on some repetitive task or a boring meeting, it feels like someone just pulled off my power cord.",
"score": 3434
},
{
"author": "Norberz",
"body": "The only source they give is a TikTok video. I've been seeing discourse around this without any studies showing it's caused by ADHD.\n\nI have ADHD, and do experience this. But to just assume it's causal like that is a bit hard for me.",
"score": 713
},
{
"author": "Cylcyl",
"body": "I've pinched my thighs blue during boring mandatory meetings trying not to fall asleep. I think I might have ADHD...",
"score": 799
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.003155903657898307,
"fear": 0.9896736145019531,
"joy": 0.0024823283310979605,
"love": 0.00019654059724416584,
"sadness": 0.0031287383753806353,
"surprise": 0.0013628773158416152
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.482927+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1moy3w9
|
TIL Studies show that around 70-74% of parents who have multiple kids have a favorite child.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1moy3w9/til_studies_show_that_around_7074_of_parents_who/
| 15,922
| 1,878
| 1,755,070,907
|
2025-08-13T07:41:47
|
[
{
"author": "DefNotBrian",
"body": "*This is our daughter, Dottie. This is our other daughter, Dottie's sister*",
"score": 7669
},
{
"author": "FUThead2016",
"body": "“I don’t care for Gob”",
"score": 8099
},
{
"author": "WrongKielbasa",
"body": "As an only child, it wasn’t me.",
"score": 5244
},
{
"author": "Adam-West",
"body": "I never felt like my parents had favourites until a couple of years ago (im 30YO) my mum said, “see, this is why you always say you’re the black sheep of the family”. I’ve never said that nor ever even thought of myself as a black sheep. Think she let the cat out the bag with that slip up.",
"score": 2417
},
{
"author": "Mademoi-Sell",
"body": "I know my parents like my older sister better, and she’s the easiest to talk to. Frankly, I don’t want that job.",
"score": 1985
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.0027737251948565245,
"fear": 0.0009877014672383666,
"joy": 0.6513048410415649,
"love": 0.3409109115600586,
"sadness": 0.002583196386694908,
"surprise": 0.0014396149199455976
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.483561+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpgn09
|
TIL that pythons and anacondas don’t suffocate their prey. Constriction is much faster acting - blood to the brain stops within seconds, causing immediate unconsciousness and cardiac arrest moments later
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mpgn09/til_that_pythons_and_anacondas_dont_suffocate/
| 872
| 74
| 1,755,119,120
|
2025-08-13T21:05:20
|
[
{
"author": "Hattix",
"body": "Really interesting stuff, in fact I have it on my misconceptions piece.\n\n*\"A constrictor snake kills by asphyxiation.\"*\n\nIt was long thought that a constrictor prevented the prey from breathing but studies of rodents being killed by snakes showed the rodents hearts stopping much sooner than they should have if respiratory arrest were the cause and that breathing stopped at the same time the heart did. Asphyxiation kills via cerebral hypoxia and then via cardaic hypoxia, so breathing stops a minute or two before the heart does.\n\nIt was found that the constrictors kill by circulatory arrest. They compress the prey so tightly that blood cannot flow, causing blood pressure so high that the heart cannot act against it: The heart takes in blood, but cannot push it back out. The heart either fibrillates or goes into full asystole.",
"score": 156
},
{
"author": "VPinchargeofradishes",
"body": "It's still a shitty way to die either way",
"score": 94
},
{
"author": "thebigchil73",
"body": "It seems that the constriction has specifically evolved to hunt mammals (and maybe birds) as it doesn’t really work on cold-blooded animals. A boa constrictor was observed attacking a spinytail iguana for an hour and the iguana survived.",
"score": 36
},
{
"author": "L_S_D_M_T_N_T",
"body": "That would explain why it's not a Boa Asphyxiator",
"score": 16
},
{
"author": "ottovonbizmarkie",
"body": "Martial arts like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo, despite having techniques called chokes, like the rear naked choke or the triangle choke, are not usually chokes in terms of not allowing air to enter the lungs. They are pinching the carotid arteries to impede flowing into the brain, and are likewise much faster.",
"score": 12
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.050688404589891434,
"fear": 0.09208068251609802,
"joy": 0.705877959728241,
"love": 0.0022315471433103085,
"sadness": 0.014756622724235058,
"surprise": 0.13436467945575714
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.483583+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp2g1g
|
TIL South Park started with cardboard cut-outs, inspired by Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python style. The 1997 pilot - "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" - took three months to animate. Today, episodes are finished in a few days with computer animation, letting the show parody current events in real time.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mp2g1g/til_south_park_started_with_cardboard_cutouts/
| 4,472
| 119
| 1,755,086,350
|
2025-08-13T11:59:10
|
[
{
"author": "Brick_Mason_",
"body": "Only the pilot episode was done by hand. Every episode from #2 onward has been done via computer animation.",
"score": 1088
},
{
"author": "neoengel",
"body": "Related: [6 Days To Air: The Making Of South Park](https://youtu.be/hU83PE68oNY)",
"score": 128
},
{
"author": "originalchaosinabox",
"body": "Read the article to confrim.\n\nSouth Park is made with Maya. Developed back in 2000 to animated Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, it's considered to be the most powerful animation software in the world. South Park co-creator Trey Parker once likened it to \"using a bulldozer to build a sand castle.\"",
"score": 245
},
{
"author": "Reyjr",
"body": "George Clooney was an early supporter of the beginning of South Park by emailing the \"The Spirit of Christmas\" to some of his friends. This helped the video become one of the first \"viral videos\" on the internet back in 1995.",
"score": 73
},
{
"author": "monkeybuttsauce",
"body": "Am I … old?",
"score": 82
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.30282506346702576,
"fear": 0.014288722537457943,
"joy": 0.658955454826355,
"love": 0.003380386158823967,
"sadness": 0.01577889174222946,
"surprise": 0.004771524574607611
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.484246+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp6f5e
|
TIL about Rhonda Belle Martin, an American woman executed for the murder of her fourth husband. An investigation started after her fifth husband (who was the son of her fourth) was poisoned. After her arrest she confessed to murdering her mother, two husbands, and three of her seven children.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mp6f5e/til_about_rhonda_belle_martin_an_american_woman/
| 2,438
| 97
| 1,755,096,273
|
2025-08-13T14:44:33
|
[
{
"author": "revengeofthebiscuit",
"body": "Maybe as a rule we should be suspicious of anyone who marries their own stepchildren.",
"score": 1066
},
{
"author": "Tuftymark6",
"body": "She confessed in March 1956 to poisoning her mother, two husbands, and three of her children. She denied killing two other children. According to a LIFE Magazine article published at the time, she loved getting the get-well cards, and later the sympathy cards, that came when the victims died.\n\nHer fifth husband, Ronald Martin (formerly her step-son, as he was the son of Claude Carroll Martin), was poisoned like the others. However, he survived and was left a paraplegic. It was his illness that led authorities to look into the strange deaths surrounding Martin.\n\nProsecutors said collecting insurance proceeds prompted her killing spree although this is unlikely since she collected only enough to cover burial costs, and she never admitted this was the case.",
"score": 485
},
{
"author": "Osamabinaccountant",
"body": "In 1956, Martin had expressed a desire for her body to be sent to an unspecified \"scientific institution\" for autopsy, so scientists could analyze her and find out why she committed her crimes. After her execution, prison officials found a note expressing a similar sentiment. Martin's note read, in part, that she wanted physicians \"to find out why I committed the crimes I committed. I can't understand it, for I had no reason whatsoever. There's definitely something wrong.\" Instead, after her execution, some family members received her body in a [funeral home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_home) in Montgomery.",
"score": 114
},
{
"author": "AhemExcuseMeSir",
"body": "This reminds me of [Gesche Gottfried](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesche_Gottfried) who poisoned her mom, dad, twin, her 3 children, several neighbors and friends, two husbands, and her fiancé. Finally someone was like, “Hey, what’s this white stuff you put in my food…” and she was caught. I guess it was a little easier to get away with poisoning everyone in the 1800s",
"score": 45
},
{
"author": "HauntedButtCheeks",
"body": "I thought this part was interesting. She apparently didn't know why she killed her family. She may have actually been mentally ill. \n\n\"In 1956, Martin had expressed a desire for her body to be sent to an unspecified \"scientific institution\" for autopsy, so scientists could analyze her and find out why she committed her crimes. After her execution, prison officials found a note expressing a similar sentiment. Martin's note read, in part, that she wanted physicians \"to find out why I committed the crimes I committed. I can't understand it, for I had no reason whatsoever. There's definitely something wrong.\" ",
"score": 75
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.008383800275623798,
"fear": 0.9893710613250732,
"joy": 0.0006413995288312435,
"love": 0.00024745819973759353,
"sadness": 0.0007455393206328154,
"surprise": 0.0006107364897616208
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.484272+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mpekg6
|
TIL that in 1900 the American Army in cuba was doing test to prove that Yellow Fever was passed by Mosquitoes via using them to infect willing test subjects until the experiements ended with the Death of Clara Maass, the only American and only woman test subject.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mpekg6/til_that_in_1900_the_american_army_in_cuba_was/
| 740
| 28
| 1,755,114,447
|
2025-08-13T19:47:27
|
[
{
"author": "Boobasuki_comics",
"body": "While these experiments proved mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever (winning Walter Reed fame), Clara's story reveals a tragic irony. She volunteered *twice* \\- surviving her first infection, only to die after a second \"immunity test\" bite. Her death wasn't in vain though: it led to mosquito eradication programs that saved countless lives during the Panama Canal construction. Today, Cuba honors her as a national heroine, while the U.S. named a New Jersey hospital after her - making her the only U.S. civilian nurse ever memorialized this way for medical research sacrifice.",
"score": 247
},
{
"author": "BoozeAndTheBlues",
"body": "The US Army figured out how to feed and deal with the psychological issues of starving people by actually having the university of Minnesota starve 20 men almost to death.",
"score": 119
},
{
"author": "Interesting_Help_274",
"body": "I can see why they would stop the tests.",
"score": 28
},
{
"author": "ikonoqlast",
"body": "Walter Reed was a fucking genius. Figuring out yellow fever was hard.",
"score": 12
},
{
"author": "OkCommission9893",
"body": "I’d hate to be the guy who had to catch the mosquitos",
"score": 4
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.004331020638346672,
"fear": 0.0014868982834741473,
"joy": 0.011893883347511292,
"love": 0.00219568214379251,
"sadness": 0.9793494343757629,
"surprise": 0.000743080279789865
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.485130+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mp303j
|
TIL that in February 1996, a British Airways Concorde flew from New York to London in just 2 hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds—the fastest-ever transatlantic crossing by a passenger airliner.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mp303j/til_that_in_february_1996_a_british_airways/
| 2,688
| 147
| 1,755,087,897
|
2025-08-13T12:24:57
|
[
{
"author": "valdemiro",
"body": "The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space museum in NYC has the actual Concorde that broke the record there and you can take a tour inside of it. They also have the space shuttle Enterprise but you can’t go into it. Still worth a visit just to walk around an aircraft carrier deck.",
"score": 849
},
{
"author": "csqur",
"body": "There was an interview I read a few years back with someone who flew on the normal commercial concord flight.\nThey used their credit card in London before boarding the flight and arriving in New York. When they went to use the card again it was declined and blocked. \nWhen they spoke to the operator on the helpline for their card it was blocked because there was no way they could have gone from London to New York in such a short time so it must have been fraud. ",
"score": 288
},
{
"author": "wiidsmoker",
"body": "WTF bring this shit back",
"score": 423
},
{
"author": "IDPTheory",
"body": "Concorde was an amazing feat of engineering. Unfortunately it wasn't faster than email.",
"score": 119
},
{
"author": "Gauntlets28",
"body": "The most beautiful civilian aircraft ever built. The plane of dreams. I miss seeing her up in the sky.",
"score": 10
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.06226646527647972,
"fear": 0.11932320147752762,
"joy": 0.37267830967903137,
"love": 0.004385318141430616,
"sadness": 0.1295165717601776,
"surprise": 0.311830073595047
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.485151+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1mot65q
|
TIL That during WW2, there was an 'official' bribery and slush fund used to pay senior german officers amongst others. It was known as 'Konto 5' and disbursements were made at the direct orders of Hitler. By the end of the war it was paying out about 40M Reichsmarks per year.
|
https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mot65q/til_that_during_ww2_there_was_an_official_bribery/
| 10,122
| 294
| 1,755,054,065
|
2025-08-13T03:01:05
|
[
{
"author": "NoEngineering6200",
"body": "40 million Reichsmarks per year is insane, especially when you think about the state of the German economy by the end of the war.",
"score": 2488
},
{
"author": "BernardFerguson1944",
"body": "“Practically all field marshals and four-star generals received enormous sums \\[bribes\\] secretly from Hitler, partly in huge sums and partly in regular monthly secret supplements to their already very high pay... \\[Guderian\\] was given a huge \\[Polish\\] estate worth 1.25 million marks” (p. 308, *Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German and World History* by Gerhard L. Weinberg).",
"score": 964
},
{
"author": "Leafan101",
"body": "Big reason for some of the disastrous decisions that ultimately lost them the war. When your generals support your decisions and remain loyal because of bribery, you are not going to get good advice or push back against bad ideas.\n\nThat, and the fact that when there were attempts to assassinate Hitler, it was usually from German generals doing so with the motivation of saving Germany from certain defeat, you can see why certain terrible, war-losing decisions were made.",
"score": 310
},
{
"author": "[deleted]",
"body": "[removed]",
"score": 503
},
{
"author": "fanau",
"body": "Fascinating. Read almost all of the article. It is made clear that those senior German officers who started out and stayed lockstep loyal to Hitler did not receive funds or land etc as the ones who questioned Hitler and the Nazi regime. Even to the point that some who questioned the Final Solution for the Jews did an about face when lavished with money and land. My.",
"score": 74
}
] |
todayilearned
|
{
"anger": 0.8616104125976562,
"fear": 0.10786888003349304,
"joy": 0.006802411284297705,
"love": 0.0007952615851536393,
"sadness": 0.02116158977150917,
"surprise": 0.0017615471733734012
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|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.485797+00:00
|
bert
|
|
1motz0c
|
TIL the death of Akbar Salubiro in 2017 was the first fully documented and confirmed case of a man being eaten by a python, due to videos and pictures of his body being extracted from the python's stomach.
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https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1motz0c/til_the_death_of_akbar_salubiro_in_2017_was_the/
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2025-08-13T03:40:59
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"author": "Traditional_Bug_2046",
"body": ">The morning after Salubiro was reported missing, a search party was sent out, and his family became worried and called the police. Later that day, the snake that had eaten Salubiro slithered into Salubiro's backyard near an oil palm plantation. People saw that it had difficulty moving due to its large belly, an official stated. Residents then cut open the belly of the snake and found Salubiro dead inside. People said they heard cries from the palm grove the night before Salubiro was found eaten by the snake.\n\nI don't love this last sentence",
"score": 2630
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"author": "The7Reaper",
"body": "This just brought back memories of that Discovery channel special from like 10 years ago that was a complete waste of time where a dude in a special suit was gonna get purposely eaten by a snake for science reasons but completely backed out of it at the last minute and everyone hated it for wasting 2 hours of peoples time lol \n\nJust ended up being a modern-day version of the Al Capone vault thing",
"score": 2527
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"author": "aligantz",
"body": "> On June 14, 2018, a 54-year-old woman named Wa Tiba, also of Sulawesi, was also eaten by a reticulated python that had slithered into her garden at her home.[12][13]\n\n>In 2022 another 54-year old missing Sumatran woman from Jambi named Jahrah[14] was found inside a python, making this the third fully documented swallowing of an adult human.[15]\n\n>On 7 June 2024, the fourth confirmed case of full consumption appeared after a woman named Farida was found to have been devoured by a reticulated python in South Sulawesi.[16] Three weeks later, in July 2024, another woman named Siriati was discovered inside a python's stomach in South Sulawesi.[17]\n\n>On July 2025, a 63-year-old man named La Noti, was eaten by a reticulated python while feeding his livestock in Southeast Sulawesi.\n\nYeah fuck ever going to Sulawesi",
"score": 308
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{
"author": "Res_Novae17",
"body": "So this was never documented even once in the world until 2018 but it's happened five time since?",
"score": 634
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{
"author": "OSRS-MLB",
"body": "Remind me to never go to Sulawesi where this *keeps fucking happening*. Open the article and see how many times it's happened there",
"score": 182
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.485836+00:00
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bert
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1moonrn
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TIL Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne became the first YouTube video to reach one hundred million views.
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https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1moonrn/til_girlfriend_by_avril_lavigne_became_the_first/
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2025-08-12T23:33:03
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"author": "res30stupid",
"body": "Back when it meant something, it was also banned from the Top Viewed page after it was discovered fans were using macro scripts (read: bots) to artificially inflate the video's views and score.",
"score": 2595
},
{
"author": "ImLaunchpadMcQuack",
"body": "HEY HEY YOU YOU",
"score": 4223
},
{
"author": "blindfoldpeak",
"body": "In the summer of 2008, I was between highscool and uni, I might have listened to the song on a daily basis.\n\nI did my part in getting the video to 100m by August '08",
"score": 1504
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"author": "stormdraggy",
"body": "NO WAY ^No ^way",
"score": 459
},
{
"author": "Wafflinson",
"body": "It was actually the #1 video on youtube for quite some time.\n\nIf my memory is correct it was still #1 when I checked around there with like 60-70 million views.... which would still be respectable today.",
"score": 252
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.485844+00:00
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bert
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1mp5kjm
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TIL that before the fatal crash of Concorde flight 4590 - caused when a tyre blowout on takeoff ignited the fuel tanks — there had already been 57 recorded Concorde tire blowouts during takeoff - including a near crash in 1979
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https://reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1mp5kjm/til_that_before_the_fatal_crash_of_concorde/
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2025-08-13T14:11:22
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"author": "MikeTalonNYC",
"body": "Because it wasn't just the tire blowout, that was just the beginning of the problem. A tire blowing out would cause an emergency situation, but not a crash. This was a string of events that all happened at the worst possible time.\n\nA piece of titanium on the runway (suspected to have fallen off a plane that had taken off earlier) caused the tire to not just blow out, but rather it blew apart into large pieces, and a larger chunk of the tire got flung upward into the fuel tank housing. The hunk of tire was large enough, and moving fast enough, to rupture the tank it hit. Even then, this is still an emergency, but not yet a disaster.\n\nDue to a (suspected) electrical fault, the fuel ignited - explosively - and severely compromised the engines. Without engine thrust during takeoff, the plane couldn't continue to climb, and began falling until it eventually crashed into a building. \n\nSo while it is true that the first link in the chain was the tire getting ruptured, a LOT went wrong extremely quickly - and that sequence of things going wrong was the difference between a \"go-around\" emergency landing and the crash that resulted.",
"score": 180
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"author": "XenMonkey",
"body": "To be fair the tyre blowout was caused by a piece of metal that fell off a DC-10 puncturing the tyre as Concorde was taking off.",
"score": 274
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"author": "efficiens",
"body": "They should have learned to put speed holes in the tires to make them faster.",
"score": 7
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"author": "TinKicker",
"body": "The threat of tire debris damaging the fuel tanks was recognized. The UK modified their Concords to add “armor” to the bottom of the fuel tanks in the areas around the landing gear, in order to prevent this exact sort of accident from happening.\n\nThe French chose to not add this protection to their aircraft.\n\n(I took at class at USC, and one of my classmates was a retired BA Concord captain. The class was actually taught by an SR-71 pilot (Jack Veth). During breaks, the entire class would just hang out in case the Concord pilot and SR-71 pilot got into a conversation.)",
"score": 15
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"author": "thissexypoptart",
"body": "Lmao you saw the comment about the safety issues on the other TIL didn’t you",
"score": 5
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.485851+00:00
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bert
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1mp74y7
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ELI5 'The Panama Papers' and why it fizzled out so quickly?
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I remember that for a couple of weeks there was so much build up to what was supposed to be in the Panama Papers as they supposedly outlined a massive tax evasion plot involving many rich people but then it seems no news outlet ever followed up. Was it just not that interesting or an actual evil rich people cover-up?
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1mp74y7/eli5_the_panama_papers_and_why_it_fizzled_out_so/
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2025-08-13T15:12:03
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"author": "Dismal_News183",
"body": "A true, honest answer is that the Panama Papers didn’t really share anything new - it was just the specifics of one law firm. \n\nThis wasn’t some innovative, earth shattering scheme or system: people were putting money and assets into corporations in a low legal oversight jurisdiction. Generally, that’s to hide ownership. This has been happening in Switzerland, Isle of [EDIT: Mann], Bahamas and others for hundreds of years. \n\nMany people were doing it to avoid/limit taxes - that can be perfectly legal, or badly illegal, but it’s nothing new. \n\nSome folks were probably doing it to launder money. But one set of records makes it very hard to prove that - it’s not like the law firm puts “crack proceeds money” on the paperwork. \n\nThe main splash was some folks were hiding assets for privacy purposes: for example, if you’re Jennifer Laurence, you don’t want people knowing your home address. You may not trust the secrecy of US registries - foreign offshore corporations are perfectly legal, not unethical approach. \n\nJust wasn’t much of a new thing - just details of a specific place. ",
"score": 1
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"author": "Twin_Spoons",
"body": "The Panama Papers made a huge splash when they were released. Lots of articles. There's both a documentary and a fictionalized movie. You're still talking about them nearly 10 years later. They prompted many criminal investigations and tax enforcement reforms around the world. Not *everyone* went to jail, but at least a few people did, even in the US. \n\nYou could always argue that more should have happened, but this is obviously not a case of something getting swept under the rug.",
"score": 1
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"author": "amitym",
"body": "They were a big deal in a lot of the world, just not in the USA because at the time US law and law enforcement had made that kind of offshore structure difficult for Americans.\n\nSince Americans didn't see many of their own in the resulting news, they lost interest. Which is a pretty understandable reaction. Just don't assume that it was universal.",
"score": 1
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"author": "Prasiatko",
"body": "It lead to the collapse of the Icelandic and Pakistani governments. If you're in the USA it probably wasn't covered much as US tax laws make many of the loopholes used illegal for citizens and he hiding identity part can more easily be done by entities oni Delaware. ",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "attorneyatslaw",
"body": "Opening foreign entities isn't necessarily illegal. Even when it was done to avoid taxes, you are allowed to order your affairs to pay less taxes, if you can do so without breaking the law. There were tons of entities revealed created for all different purposes, by individuals and companies subject to multiple different countries tax laws and there was no easy way to figure out what was going on from the Panama Papers.",
"score": 1
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.485857+00:00
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bert
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1mpf1an
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ELI5: Why does an ADHD brain experience the world so differently?
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I was chatting with a friend who doesn’t have ADHD, and he described his mind in a way that completely surprised me. He said he usually has just one thought at a time, can walk around with stretches of no thoughts at all, and easily tunes out background sounds. When he’s on a walk, it’s simply “nice view” and peace.
For me, it’s the total opposite. From the moment I wake up until I fall asleep, there’s a nonstop flow of thoughts. It’s like several channels playing at once memories, random ideas, a song looping in the background and I hear every sound around me at the same volume. Sometimes when I’m talking to someone, a thought pops up and I unintentionally stop registering what they’re saying.
I honestly can’t wrap my head around how calm and quiet his mental world seems compared to mine.
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1mpf1an/eli5_why_does_an_adhd_brain_experience_the_world/
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2025-08-13T20:04:44
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"author": "TheblackNinja94",
"body": "Back in college, we learned that everyone has a “sweet spot” for stimulation kind of like how machines have an ideal operating temperature. For most people, that sweet spot is relatively low, so focusing on one task is enough to keep their brain engaged.\n\nFor someone with ADHD, that optimal level is much higher. Doing just one thing, like planning a single project or watching a movie, doesn’t come close to satisfying the brain. So we pile on extra activities, sounds, or thoughts to get up to that comfortable level of stimulation.\n\nThat’s also why stimulants that make neurotypical people feel wired actually calm ADHD brains they bring us down into our optimal zone instead of pushing us past it. Personally, I can’t just watch a movie; I need two or three things going on at once, even if it means I’m skimming the surface of each one. A simple walk in nature? Nice, but it’s not enough to fully engage me.",
"score": 1
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{
"author": "PaulsRedditUsername",
"body": "Since I work in music, I've always thought of it as a problem of \"input gain.\" When you're mixing a song, you can adjust the volume of each instrument to allow the listener to focus on what's important. However, to the ADHD brain, every single thing is turned up to the maximum, whether they are outside impulses,or internal.\n\nSo it's like my brain is constantly trying to determine what to focus on. It's hard to do when all inputs are equally loud. Do I focus on the noise of the ticking clock or the sound of the person speaking to me? It's very hard to do when they are both registering the equal amount of volume.",
"score": 1
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{
"author": "DTux5249",
"body": "Because ADHD is a neurodevelopment disorder. Your brain is literally built different, with parts functioning differently. That's why you have ADHD. \n\nADHD is a disorder that effects \"executive functions\". It's a problem with your brain managing its resources. It's like a car stuck in 6th gear with the brake lines cut. \n\nYour brain craves more stimulation, so it stimulates itself. It thinks of things a mile a minute regardless of how well it can handle it, and this causes it to neglect things like filtering out stimulus, because that takes effort that it's applying elsewhere.\n\nIt can't stop because as far as it's concerned, it's not getting what it needs. This is why stimulant medication can often help. It tells your brain that it's simulated enough so it finally can go \"ight, maybe we can give a bit of attention to these other things.\" \n\nThis is also why you need a regiment to accompany medication. Your brain isn't practiced in using its executive functions. Medication takes the chains off, but your brain still has to learn to do its job.",
"score": 1
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"author": "fox-mcleod",
"body": "**Edit Pre-frontal cortex, rather than amygdala**\n\nThe ~~amygdala~~ pre-frontal cortex is a region of the brain which suppresses activity in other regions of the brain. It acts like a filter on thoughts surfacing to conscious awareness. \n\nYour experience is closer to an unfiltered view of what your brain is up to. At all times our brains are firing off ideas in the form of disconnected neural responses to stimuli. Most brains don’t integrate these thoughts and the PFC is responsible for coordinating and down regulating some of these ideations. \n\nIn someone with ADHD, it’s thought that the PFC is under-active and it does a poorer job of acting as a filter. That’s why stimulant medications have a sort of paradoxical “calming” effect on people with ADHD. The PFC is stimulated and better able to filter and suppress/regulate thoughts.",
"score": 1
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"author": "retseem",
"body": "Oh man, the fragments of songs looping constantly in the background are the worst because I can’t pick them out myself. Yesterday it was Papa Roach and I hate that song.",
"score": 1
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.485862+00:00
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bert
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1mp3uzq
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ELI5: Why do game programmers deactivate game physics at certain times that the player will never normally see?
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I'll use an example because I'm not sure exactly how to ask this question, but I think it's mostly programming related. When I watch speed running, they often will glitch the game into thinking the player is in an altered state which changes how the physics work even though they're never supposed to actually see it.
For example: In Hollow Knight speed runs, there is a glitch that tricks the game into thinking the player is sitting on a bench when they're not, which then "deactivates" collision and allows them to go though walls and floors. These kinds of glitches are common and I've always wondered why would the physics not just be "on" the whole time and universal? What reason would there be to change things when the player is never supposed to be able to move while sitting?
Edit: Thanks for all the awesome responses. You guys are awesome! Seems like it's mostly because of processing resources and animation concerns.
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1mp3uzq/eli5_why_do_game_programmers_deactivate_game/
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2025-08-13T13:03:36
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"author": "tmahfan117",
"body": "Makes the game run faster/smoother. Everytime they can turn off some sort of calculation, that will overall make the game run smoother because it’s less intensive on the computer.\n\nLike for collision, that isn’t just a state of being, when collision is on the game is checking many many times a second if the player character is interacting with any of the collision boundaries.\n\nLiterally the computer checking dozens of times a second “are we touching anything now? Are we touching anything now? Are we touching anything now?”\n\nSo if you’re a developer and you know that in X condition that check no longer matters, you can turn it off to save processing power",
"score": 1
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"author": "1strategist1",
"body": "One reason is that calculating physics is hard. To get games running smoothly, it’s often necessary to turn off physics for entities that players can’t interact with so that the computer can focus on physics for the stuff the player CAN interact with.\n\nHollow knight isn’t a very physics-intensive game though, so that explanation isn’t great. Another reason games might turn off physics is to make cutscenes/animations work. It’s a lot easier to animate something exactly how you want it to look if you’re not fighting gravity and collisions to do it. I would guess Hollow Knight is essentially doing the second, turning off physics to make it easier to position the knight sitting at the bench and not have them fall down. ",
"score": 1
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"author": "yesmeatballs",
"body": "certain events are a giant pain in the ass to program/rig in animation if the physics model is running e.g. sitting on a bench or one character handing an object to another character. Ever notice how you almost never see one character hand something to another? They drop it on the ground to be picked up or do it in a cutscene below the camera view.\n\nSo it's easier to suspend the physics model and do the movement manually.",
"score": 1
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"author": "boring_pants",
"body": "Because physics make everything more complicated. Something as simple as making one object rest on a surface is tricky, because what if due to a rounding error the object gets placed 0.01mm above the surface? Then it falls down a little bit, which means it'll rebound when it hits the surface, and what if it then ends up in a sort of jittery bounce on the bench? Much simpler and more reliable to just say \"physics off, the character model goes *there*, the bench goes *there*, and that's it\".",
"score": 1
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"author": "AppleWithGravy",
"body": "Well, for example if a character is sitting, if it had a collider, maybe it would interfere with the sitting on the chair object, so easier way to solve it... Just deactivated collision/colliding and fix the character to the character object to the chair object, but somehow the player managed to bug it to not get fixed to the chair and can walk, but no longer have the collision/colliders",
"score": 1
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.486398+00:00
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bert
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1mpewyx
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ELI5: How do boobs make milk?
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How do human mammary glands produce milk (from blood, I think I’ve heard??)? What’s the physical mechanism?
This has been asked before but the answer has been deleted from the comments of that post.
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1mpewyx/eli5_how_do_boobs_make_milk/
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2025-08-13T20:00:20
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{
"author": "Ysara",
"body": "Put very simply.\n\nYour gut breaks down food into nutritious materials. Your blood picks up those materials to deliver them to cells throughout your body. When that blood reaches the breasts, some of those materials get siphoned off into little sacs, basically forming a nutritious cocktail of milk that helps babies live and grow.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Toby_Forrester",
"body": "They are like specialized sweat glands that produce extra nutritious sweat babies love.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Supraspinator",
"body": "Like other have said, milk glands are modified sweat glands. Not the ones that make watery sweat (eccrine sweat glands), but the ones that produce a protein rich secretion (apocrine sweat glands). \n\nApocrine refers to the way the cells release their secretion: the gland cells are filled with proteins, fat, and other components, which are either produced inside the cell or taken in from mom’s blood. The top of the cell pinches off, releasing the milk into the duct. \n\nFun fact 1: the amount of milk a breast can store is constant. As the baby is growing and needing more calories, instead of making more milk, nursing mothers make richer milk. That’s what the dreaded cluster-feeding is doing. It signals to the mom that baby needs more calories going forward. \n\nFun fact 2: as long as the milk is inside the boob, it’s still in dynamic exchange with blood. Molecules of mom’s food, antibodies, and alcohol move in and out until the next nursing session. So the old “pump-and-dump” is really not necessary as long as mom had only a small drink and waited a few hours until nursing again. Her milk alcohol level will mirror her blood alcohol level, dropping with time as alcohol gets metabolized.",
"score": 1
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"author": "nim_opet",
"body": "The same way mammary glands of all mammals work - blood delivers nutrients to glands that have evolved from skin structures - specialized sites called alveoli are lined with cells that take up water, fats, proteins etc from blood concentrate it and excrete in the gland hollows.",
"score": 1
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"author": "rapax",
"body": "Not from blood. Simply put, the milk glands are a modified form of sweat glands. Milk is a nutritionally enriched form of sweat, basically.",
"score": 1
}
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.487312+00:00
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bert
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1mphkeu
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ELI5: Why does every single website and app need me to accept cookies, and why is it a big deal if I don't?
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I get that it's for tracking, but what are they \*really\* tracking? Is it just for ads? If I click "Reject All," does the website work any differently? It feels like a meaningless pop-up I have to click on every single site I visit now.
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1mphkeu/eli5_why_does_every_single_website_and_app_need/
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2025-08-13T21:41:28
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{
"author": "XenoRyet",
"body": "Cookies are used for any number of things, tracking for ads being one of them, but there are many others. Some for functionality, and some for internal metrics and so forth.\n\nThey ask because there's a law that says that they have to ask. If you click \"reject all\" you may indeed lose some functionality of the site, but it's usually pretty minimal, as I believe the law allows them to still use purely functional cooking that are required for basic site function even if you reject all.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Peregrine79",
"body": "Reject all doesn't eliminate cookies necessary for the site to function.\n\nIt does reject some cookies that might improve site function, such as tracking between pages and so forth. So you might have to reenter data or similar. Once or twice I've had a site get caught in a loop after doing this.\n\nMost of what it rejects is advertising tracking, and no, those don't affect site function.",
"score": 1
},
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"author": "eckstuhc",
"body": "In the early web, cookies were first used to store session stuff, like your login credentials or shopping cart contents. Later came tracking, which could be internal (which pages are most viewed) or advertising (cross-site cookies, like shopping habits). \n\n\nWith cross-site tracking cookies, when you visit a website like Pizza Hut, the ad content on that page will record your cookie and start a profile for you on their backend. Then when you visit a clothing store website, that same ad content will see your cookie, correlate that you like pizza, and show you a Pizza Hut ad. \n\n\nThe problem is the tracking became too invasive and these ad sites were collecting and harvesting a ridiculous amount of data unbeknownst to users. There are now laws in place that require websites to “ask” if you want to be tracked, because of how invasive it is. Because of these laws, you now get the pop up asking if you want to allow cookies. \n\n\nThe laws allow for site-functionality cookies without asking, so clicking “reject all” should allow the website to function normally; however, it’s really on a case-by-case basis. The factors that contribute are: how you are interacting with the web site, what the company has classified as “necessary”, and how well the developers coded the whole thing.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Belisaurius555",
"body": "If you make a decision on one page the next page only knows about it because the first page gives you a cookie. It's a lot easier than keeping a database for every current visitor.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "nstickels",
"body": "You have to click it now because they are legally required to. Ironically, clicking to accept cookies would mean you don’t have to keep clicking to accept cookies, as your cookie would know that you already accepted it. \n\nThat’s what the problem would be with not accepting cookies. Once you are logged out, the site has zero knowledge who you are or what you have looked at before. So the biggest impact to you is having to re login every time you visit the site.",
"score": 1
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.487959+00:00
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bert
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1mpbxir
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ELI5 Why do we have precision CNC, but we still need bleed/margins when printing on paper?
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When printing on paper, it seems that since day and age, you never really know where the cut-off is, except in that bleed-margin. Why is that still a problem?
(also, is that the same reason why duplex printing never seems precise as well?)
Edit: this question originates from sending files to a professional printing company that handles books, business cards, etc. and still asks to keep margin/bleeds in mind. This is true for all the companies I've sent files to (only a handful though).
As for duplex, I play a lot of board games and notice that cards aren't aligned properly and the image isn't "centered" on the same place on both sides of the cards.
So, no, I'm not talking about home or office printers.
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"author": "boolocap",
"body": "Precision is expensive, very expensive. There are definitely industrial printers who can print with all the precision in the world. But for a consumer printer that would be unnecessary complexity and cost.\n\nAnd precision cnc deals with rigid materials. While a printer deals with a floppy piece of paper and in case of inktjet printers, flinging liquid at that paper, or a toner for a laser one. Which complicates things a lot.",
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"author": "shotsallover",
"body": "I can answer the second one:\n\nDuplex printing is imprecise because printing on the front changes the shape of the paper. Whether you run it through a press or a laser printer, the ink and/or heat causes the paper to deform. So when you print on the back, nothing is in the right place.\n\nYou could get a perfect duplex print, but there’s going to be a lot of alignment trial and error. And even then, you’re probably still going to get misalignments at some point because every piece of paper doesn’t deform the same way. ",
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"author": "boostfurther",
"body": "I used to work in printing. We have bleed margins because papers move easily and there are always inaccuracies in every print job. Paper is moving fast on rollers. A slight movement in a roller could lead to a misaligned border or text blocks shifted. For b/w printing, it's not much of an issue. If the text paragraphs are slightly skewed to the left or right, not that bad. Your paper or news article will look less professional, but still legible.\n\nBleeds are essential for creating full-color designs, where colors, images, or patterns are intended to extend seamlessly off the edge of the page. The bleed area provides an \"extra\" bit of design that will be trimmed away. You need this margin of error. Color printing is very expensive, especially when high-gloss paper and quality inks are being used.\n\nFor example, business cards are usually printed on 110lb cardstock. If you have a color background that goes to the edge of the paper (full bleed), it's much easier to cut the cards without sacrificing the design.\n\nWhen clients wanted full color and their designs amounted to what I called \"blue rectangle white ocean\", cutting their cards was a royal pain! There were mistakes when cutting and my hands, while accurate, are not perfect. Full bleed ensures you do not get white spaces where you wanted full color.\n\nTo answer your question about duplex printing, the paper gets bypassed to a second roller. More parts, more opportunities for errors to creep in.",
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"author": "thieh",
"body": "you need margins on paper because the paper may crumble starting from the edges from the wear and tear and they don't have a well-defined replacement schedule because the importance is of the data printed on it rather than the paper itself.\n\nCNC is mostly done on metal and plastic parts that have well-defined replacement schedules.",
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"author": "markmakesfun",
"body": "I understand, from your post, you are discussing professionally printed materials, not home printers.\n\nThe margin you are discussing, often called gripper, is required because pulling paper using a metal bracket on the printing press is more precise than pushing the paper using just rollers. As others have noted, most paper isn’t very rigid, especially having been wetted from the ink. Note that, if you are discussing color printing, the piece of paper is being wetted 4 times. If it is color on both sides, the piece of paper is inked 8 times! \n\nInexpensive paper can further complicate the problem, changing shape in less predictable ways. This makes getting an exact matchup between front and back printing problematic. A smart designer creates the job in such a way as to minimize the problem. If you have bleed on one side, have zero bleed on the other. That allows the press operator to “cheat” a little to align the front and back.\n\nYou mentioned cards from card games. They are extra difficult to print because they have art that features a very small “frame” on the front and back of the card. This feature makes it simple for the viewer to compare the distance on all four sides of the frame, noticing the misalignment. Designing art this way, although required in this case, is the opposite of “making it easy” for the print operator. It is a very hard design to print perfectly. Also, those cards have a clear coat printed over the color printing, adding two more inkings to the print jobs. When the cutter cuts the job, they have to split the difference between the two sides of the card, possibly making one side shifted a tiny amount in one direction from the other side. \n\nYou asked about bleeds, also. Most printers do not prefer to print full bleed jobs. They prefer to print on oversized stock and then cut the paper down to achieve a full bleed appearance. This is due to a maintenance issue. When you are printing “full bleed” on press, the image area has to be larger than the paper area. No printer can print exactly up to the edge but not over. They require an overlap, printing slightly over the edge of the paper. \n\nHere is the problem: that ink has to go somewhere. It doesn’t disappear. Where it lands is on the rollers that push the paper through the press. It creates a couple of problems. One problem is, if the ink builds up, it can transfer to the edges of the paper running through the press. Ink usually uses the porosity of the paper to assist in drying the printing ink as it is applied. When ink is printed on a rubber roller, it doesn’t dry as quickly, staying tacky much longer. The other problem is that it makes maintenance of the press more laborious. The pressman may need to clean the press during the job, instead of after it. Depending on the print run, it may requiring multiple cleanups to finish the job. That adds time and cost. Also, following the job, the press cleanup is much more arduous, requiring extra time and attention.\n\nYou asked about “duplex printing.” Myself, I would refer to a printing process that prints on both sides at the same time as “duplex printing.” Printing first on side A, then flipping the paper over to print side B, I would call “two sided printing.” Nowadays, many people use the term “duplex” for all two-sided printing. That is fine, but less descriptive, in my opinion. \n\nProfessional printers often use two-sided printing. A big print house will offer duplex printing, but setting up a complex print job to print well in a single pass is harder. Also, as some printing presses are as big as an automobile, adding duplex printing would add another print mechanism, so now the press is as big as two cars. \n\nAlso it is easier to schedule two one-side presses rather than one duplex press. Printing one-sided material on a duplex press means half the press is sitting idle. That isn’t using your equipment investment wisely. Printing two-sided on a one sided press just requires resetting the plates and flipping the paper for a second trip through the press. Pressmen handle that job daily. It also depends on the size of the printing company. For a very large printing company, paying twice as much for a printing press may make economic sense?\n\nOther commenters have explained how computer based manufacturing is dissimilar to printing presses. Most notable is the material involved. The CAD-CAM devices are operating on very rigid material locked firmly in fixtures. Compared to that, paper or cardboard is a squirrelly material, not precise, and moves a lot and changes shape while being printed. A good pressman can make a print job “precise” but that pales next to a computer-controlled router or cutter that can match “thousands of an inch” specifications and do so repeatably.\n\nI hope this answers your questions.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.487988+00:00
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bert
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1movlry
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ELI5. Do Domestic House Cats Recognise Certain Words or Do They “Learn” Them?
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This may sound like a ridiculous question from the title, and maybe it is, but I’m hoping someone may know the answer or at least make me feel sane but knowing I’m not the only one thinking this, yet alone how long I’ve wondered..
So as I’m sure most people know, cats can learn there names, yes? I have 3 cats and they all know their names and each others it currently occurs, and a few other key words / phrases. I’m extremely ADHD & Autistic, and talking to my cats is something I do more than I would like to admit and they often very sweetly chirp back.
My thought has been, when I ask my cats “do you want water?” vs “do you want food?” Have they over time used almost a type of pattern recognition where where can vaguely remember a sound that soon afterwards always has certain action afterwards ( Think of Pavlov for example ), or do cats actually start to associate the action with the word more so in a language sense ( like how we think / act when we hear someone say “Would you like some water?” In your home language?
I hope this makes sense to someone out there 😅
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2025-08-13T05:09:36
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"author": "team_nanatsujiya",
"body": "I'm not sure I get the distinction, but cats learn to associate a certain sound with something that consistently happens immediately afterward. In that sense, they understand that hearing the word \"food\" means they'll get food soon, and that hearing \"wanna play?\" means they'll get to play soon, and hearing \"that's all for today, thanks everyone\" means that Dad's getting off his zoom call soon and will be available to give scritches. They don't understand that the word \"wanna\" means one thing and \"play\" means another, though, they only understand \"wanna play?\" as a whole. They might get excited when you start to say \"wanna...,\" because to them that's part of the sound that means they get to play soon, but it doesn't really mean anything beyond that. And is that really so different from how we humans start to learn language?",
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"author": "RPBiohazard",
"body": "Mine knows “Out!” When she’s sneaking somewhere she shouldn’t be. Always gets a “noooo but I want to nooooo” upset meow",
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"author": "TUD-13BarryAllen",
"body": "Cats absolutely do learn words. \"Mom\" is an extremely common one and they know that it gets the owner's attention or refers to them. If you say just the word \"food\", they'll most likely get it. They'll learn that the word is used in sentences that involve food whether it's \"I have food\" or \"Do you want food?\"\n\nI've seen dogs get extremely curious hearing \"Do you want-\" where they will perk up or tilt their heads waiting for what comes next. I used to get the same reaction when I asked my dog, a puppy at the time, if she wanted food and just saying the word food. Same for walk or treat. She used to be more stubborn when I asked her \"Do you want to sit?\" instead of just telling her to sit, and would take longer or have this mental battle looking for a treat or other incentive.\n\nDifferent languages work different ways such as omitting pronouns or names and animals will accommodate.",
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"author": "Gozertank",
"body": "Cats can learn a surprising amount of words. I doubt they process/associate them in the exact way humans do but they can certainly learn to a degree. \n \nThere’s a fascinating YouTube channel about a cat that communicates with the family by using a large array of touch pads. It can convey fairly complex needs/wants/emotions effectively. \n \nMost notably a recent video where the cat alerted the owner to a medical problem which turned out to be critical. The channel is BilliSpeaks. Sadly Billi passed last year from the medical condition she alerted her owners to. But just watching a few of her videos will give you a fascinating insight into how much cats can understand.\n \nCan, not will. Mine refuses to do anything with the pads despite the first one being “food”. Cats being cats.",
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"author": "GoatRocketeer",
"body": "My linguistics professor stated that a lot of animals can learn words or phrases. What they can't do is learn the grammar rules necessary to string together old words and phrases into new sentences. To understand a new sentence they need to memorize it individually.\n\nHe emphasized that the sign language gorillas also lack the ability to learn grammar and aren't real.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.487997+00:00
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bert
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1mp7unf
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ELI5: What are passkeys and how/why are they different from passwords?
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I have had these pushed on me by various websites and apps, but never used them. Now LastPass (which I use to store my zillion random-generated passwords) is saying that they can support and store passkeys too. So passkeys are just another password that you have to store? Why is this an improvement and why should I bother with it?
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2025-08-13T15:39:26
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"author": "eruditionfish",
"body": ">Passwords are user-created strings of characters, whereas passkeys are system-generated cryptographic keys. \n\n>So not only are passkeys stronger (longer in size and more random) but also passkeys use private/public key encryption where the private key never leaves the device it is created on. \n\n>So without that private key - no access. But if you lose the device - also no access.\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/s/tRZGyKSoZG",
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"author": "twoinvenice",
"body": "Even if the server’s authentication database is dumped, no one can access your account (assuming the data is encrypted in the database) because without the private key that is stored only on your device, the account can’t be accessed. \n\nIt means that all they have is sort of the rough equivalent of your username in a traditional authentication.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/GSIDS_lvRv4",
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"author": "copposhop",
"body": "No, passkeys are not the same as passwords. While they are both used for authentication, they kind of work the opposite way and passkeys can be much more secure as a result.\n\n5 year olds should not be able to come up with asymmetric encryption methods for accessing their pillow forts, so the explanation will always be a bit more advanced:\n\nWith a normal password, the first time you try to sign-up on a website, you will set the password yourself. The server will tell your PC how the password needs to be hashed (fancy way of \"word scrambling\" so you're not broadcasting it in plain text) and will than store it on the server - in the hashed form. \n**So it is your secred stored on the other partys computer.**\n\nAny time you log-in, you must proof your knowledge of the password by retransmitting it to the server. While the password is hashed and the transmission is usually encrypted, it is still susceptible to phishing or brute-forcing.\n\nWith passkeys, it is a bit more advanced. On sign-up, the server tells your PC to create a \"password\" in form of a private/public key pair. This essentially allows the owner of the private key, to encrypt a message that can only be decrypted by someone knowing the public key. The private key (your secret) will be stored on your device, while the public key is given to the server and stored along with your username/credentials. (The protocol is called WebAuthn) \n**Now your secret is stored on your device only and never even needs to leave it.**\n\nAny time you try to log-in, the server just tells your computer \"Please encrypt the following message for me\". Only you know how this can be done, since you have your private key. The server (and any malicious third-party that intercepted your public key) is able to decrypt the message and thus proof that you're the owner of the private key - that's your \"password\". It never leaves your device, no one else has any kind of knowledge about it and it is muuuch harder to correctly guess, compared to your usual \"Password1234\".\n\nNeat, isn't it?",
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"author": "rsdancey",
"body": "1: You (the human) are never supposed to know what your passkey is. It's a long string of digits, which you are not supposed to see, remember, write down, keep in a note on your computer, email to people, etc. Just making it (very hard) for you to even see the passkey eliminates a lot of insecurity. The objective is to take you (the human) out of the loop because humans are bad at security.\n\n2: The device you own on which your passkey is stored is required to have a fairly robust mechanism to keep it secure. State-level actors might be able to crack that protection but your average cell phone / laptop thief cannot. So if your device is stolen, barring you being targeted by the NSA, or MI5, or whatever the equivalent is in China and/or Russia, etc. the loss of the device does not result in the compromise of your passkey.\n\n3: The passkey can be revoked if it IS compromised. In the event that you believe your passkey has been compromised there are ways to revoke it, so every site & service that you used it with will refuse to accept the compromised key. One revocation mechanism, every contact point is disabled. That's in contrast to a password where you would have to go to every single site you used that password with and tell that site or service to generate a new password.\n\n4: The passkey doesn't leave your device. It's not held by any site or service that uses passkeys. So if that site or service is compromised, your passkey is not. The passkey system uses public/private key encryption. You can \"sign\" a test with your key, the recipient can verify that your signing is valid, and that authenticates you. But the recipient cannot sign AS YOU even if they have a test signed by you. Even if bad actors hack a site or service you use and steal their user database they won't get any useful credential you used to secure your account if the only thing on that account is a passkey.\n\nDownsides:\n\nYou need a device on which your passkey will live. No device, no access. If your passkey lives on one device and that device is lost or stolen you will need to work out a way to establish a new passkey with every site or service you want to access. The fact that such a pathway must exist implies the risk of a social engineering attack. Reducing the danger of those attacks means increasing the friction of restoring access to your account. This is one time where you should want and expect the bureaucracy to be slow and rely on old tech like surface mail. It's in your best interests.\n\nYou may need to consider how you'll deal with passkeys that need to live on more than one device. (That's a part of the spec; you could potentially authenticate with your phone, your laptop, a security key, etc. etc. etc. but you'll need to learn how to do it.)\n\nIn the future, public key cryptographic algorithms widely in use may be compromised by quantum cryptographic attacks. The loss of security of your PornHub password will be dwarfed by the compromise of the banking system, the world's militaries, and Taylor Swift's Gmail account so if/when that happens, you probably won't be worrying much about your direct personal security expsosure.",
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"author": "Flakester",
"body": "Personally, I much prefer passkeys. \n\nPasskeys are unique to the device (or secure storage) where they’re created, like your laptop or phone.\n\nIf you know public–private key pairs, you’ll know the private key stays local. Passkeys follow this, except they can also be stored and synced in password managers. You can have multiple private keys for the same account, which is why you may need to log in with a registered device or add another device separately.\n\nThey usually require local authentication to use, such as biometrics or a PIN. This makes them more secure because the private key never leaves your device and can’t be phished (as the service provider has the other half of the keypair) or guessed. They’re also more convenient because you don’t need to remember or type passwords... just unlock your device to log in.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.488003+00:00
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bert
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1morthc
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Eli5: what is physically happening inside a computer when it crashes?
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Or like when it encounter a glitch of some kind?
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2025-08-13T01:56:44
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"author": "DeHackEd",
"body": "Crashes come in a variety of types, but probably the most common is accessing invalid memory.\n\nWhile the CPU is running code, there's a large table that lists what memory address ranges the program may try to use, and what actual physical memory byte ranges they map to in RAM. The operating system manages these and typically makes sure no programs' overlap, or any overlap is controlled. If a program tries to access memory not in the table, the CPU will switch modes and the operating system will examine the cause and try to figure out a solution. If there is none because the address is unassigned or the operation (read, write, execute instruction) isn't legal for that piece of memory, the program \"crashes\" and the operating system typically kills it off.\n\nFor a Blue Screen of Death... well, even the operating system itself (Windows typically) enforces these rules on itself as a safety net. If the operating system sets off this event, the operating system can't be killed without killing the whole computer... so, it does. The BSOD is how it reacts.\n\nNow, that's just one possibility, albeit probably the most common. Other possibilities exist for \"illegal\" actions, like dividing by zero, trying to use a CPU instruction not supported by your CPU. Sometimes software crashes voluntarily when it checks its own math and finds things don't add up, or that some major rule was broken that it doesn't have a solution for, or anything else that makes it just say \"I can't fix this, game over man!\"\n\n\"Glitches\" are usually what we call when something didn't crash, but weird stuff happened anyway. Like a character got stuck in a wall, but the game just kinda went along with it. It may still be a software error, but it didn't \"crash\".",
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"author": "drbomb",
"body": "Trying to be more ELI5:\n\n\nComputers have rules. When those rules are broken, the computer will try to recover by closing the offending program.\n\n\nBut sometimes the broken rule is so bad that the computer cannot trust its own running state anymore, so the computer \"crashes\".\n\n\nThe reason for whole crashes can be as you say, glitches but also stuff like defective hardware or some very badly written program.",
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"author": "MasterGeekMX",
"body": "Masters in CS here.\n\nIf you expected something like \"everything locks up and circuits overload\" or something impressive, sorry to disappoint you.\n\nA computer is simply an electronic Rube Goldberg machine, where things are designed to follow pre-established sequences of circuits turning on and off. A crash is simply the computer getting into an unexpected state that throws off the whole normal sequence of operation. Nothing special or unique.\n\nIt is like this scene from the comedy film Scary Movie 3. The news reporter simply reads what is on the teleprompter, no matter if it is news or gibberish: https://youtu.be/D9FBXb4G4GI",
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"author": "TrayusV",
"body": "Nothing really is physically happening to the computer, it's all the software that's having a problem. Unless you plugged something in wrong or rip out the ram while the computer is running, nothing physically is happening.\n\nThe jist is that computers are just a lot of if/then statement programming, at the core. If the user clicks on the icon, the computer will boot up the video game. Stuff like that.\n\nSo when the computer runs into a situation that shouldn't happen, and it isn't programmed to handle, it will often crash. \n\nFor example, if you've ever played the first Pokemon games, you may know of the infamous Missingno glitch. If you set up a sequence where the game will try to start a pokemon encounter, but the game doesn't know which pokemon is supposed to appear, it creates the Missingno Pokemon. This is done because the alternative is that the game would crash. This is crash prevention stuff, a failsafe for when something unexpected happens.",
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"author": "joepierson123",
"body": "Could be a program jumped to an non-existent memory address. \n\n\nAn overflow in math, divided by zero.\n\n\nA stack overflow. \n\n\nA code error where it gets stuck in an infinite loop",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.488008+00:00
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bert
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1moo583
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ELI5: The difference between 4G, 4G LTE and 5G
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1moo583/eli5_the_difference_between_4g_4g_lte_and_5g/
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2025-08-12T23:11:21
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"author": "LionTigerWings",
"body": "Actually kind of a hard question to answer because all the providers warped the meaning behind of each term. 4g and 5g are just referring to the generation of technology. LTE is a technology that is firmly considered 4g (4th generation of mobile service). Now where things get hairy is some manufacturers started taking modified 3g technology and calling it 4g even know it wasn’t truly 4g(which is lte). A lot of people jokingly called this 3.5g. Some carriers would have it where real 4g says lte, and fake 4g just says 4g. Others would instead be honest and do something like 3g+ or something similar. \n\n5g is the newest generation and of course it is faster. It’s basically designed to get closer to home internet and allow for less congestion and lower latency.",
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"author": "Arquill",
"body": "4G and 5G, which refer to 4th generation and 5th generation, are a set of standards and requirements for cellular networks. Early on when the 4G standard was finalized, there were competing technologies which could satisfy those requirements in 4G (LTE, WiMAX). In the end, LTE won out. It should be noted that LTE didn't actually satisfy all the requirements of 4G but it was marketed as 4G all the same. Now, 4G and LTE are basically synonymous in the US, although maybe there are other technologies deployed in other countries.\n\n\n5G is the latest generation cellular networks with its own set of requirements and differing implementations. Some 5G networks for example expand on existing 4G networks, while other 5G networks could be entirely standalone.",
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"author": "AVeryHeavyBurtation",
"body": "The simplest form of digital communication is Morse code. You can't just beep arbitrary beeps at someone, and expect them to understand it. Morse code dictates the rules, or \"protocol\", for what beeps mean what. It works well, but it takes a long time to send just a sentence. A lot of smart people have been thinking about this for a long time, and have created unbelievably complicated and sophisticated protocols that make digital communication very fast and efficient. 3G 4G 5G etc are just protocols that describe what equipment is needed, and how the code for the signals works.\n\nI realize now that this might not be what you're asking, but I already typed it haha",
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"author": "vyashole",
"body": "G stands for the generation of mobile technology. \n\n4G and LTE are technically the same thing, but some companies market a modified 3G as 4G (they lie), so 4G LTE is a term used to mean \"for real\" 4G. \n\n5G is yet another different generation.",
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"author": "iknewyouknew",
"body": "Very ELI5, they are just version (or generations) of mobile internet. 4G and LTE are pretty much the same. 5G is faster than 4G.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.488442+00:00
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bert
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1moe1wb
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ELI5: why are big animals not aware of their size, especially compared to smaller animals?
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I’ve just seen a video on tiktok of a chihuahua chasing a full size bear, and come to think of it, i’ve seen similar scenarios a lot. As in, massive dogs being scared of a tiny dog, or my cousins horse not being scared of humans but being terrified of tiny kittens that weigh probably less than 1% of the horse. Is there an explanation?
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2025-08-12T16:50:52
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"author": "dahvee",
"body": "If you, at whatever stature you are naturally, are enjoying a nice, succulent meal and then suddenly charged at by a much smaller person, shouting, salivating, and just seemingly unhinged - would you not have the same reaction?\n\nPerhaps you’ve ever been disturbed by a bug?",
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"author": "justanotherdude68",
"body": "In nature, if the victor is injured in a fight, an injury can still be a death sentence. A broken bone means they might not be able to capture prey or a bite can still mean infection and death.\n\nIt’s not worth it to fight, in most circumstances.",
"score": 509
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"author": "Biokabe",
"body": "Are you scared of spiders? Are you familiar with anyone who is scared of spiders? How about roaches, bees, wasps, hornets, mice, rats, lizards, snakes, or any number of other animals that people are typically scared of?\n\nHumans, like every other animal, evolved with a keen understanding that smaller things can still hurt you. And unlike humans, who have developed medical care and are intelligent enough to know that they have medical care available, most other animals still operate on the instinct that any injury is potentially fatal. And it's good that they have that instinct, because for most animals out in the wild any injury *is* potentially fatal.\n\nSo when a smaller thing comes at you aggressively, it's natural to be somewhat wary of it. Yes, you could probably simply stomp on that tiny thing and kill it, but what if it's venomous and bites you before you can stomp it? What if it's spiny and gets its spines lodged in your foot? What if infectious and gives you a disease before you stomp it?\n\nAnd no, those thoughts aren't going through (most) animal's heads when they act wary of small things. Rather, their instincts simply tell them, \"Don't mess with small aggressive things unless you need to,\" because enough animals that didn't have that instinct failed to pass on their genes. Because sometimes those little animals did in fact injure the larger ones.",
"score": 216
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"author": "BowlEducational6722",
"body": "Do you know what the most important rule of martial arts is?\n\nNever get into a fight if you can avoid it.\n\nJust like in martial arts, if an animal has gotten to a point where it has to fight things have already gotten *really* bad.\n\nThat's why animals prefer, in order, to hide, run, frighten and only *then* fight when there's no other option, because even the possibility of being hurt out in the wild is enough to make animals be cautious.\n\nAfter all, you breaking a bone in a fight isn't that big of a deal because we have medicine and hospitals. But a bear or a horse breaking a bone is likely not going to live very long, even if it wins its fight.",
"score": 65
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"author": "Gnonthgol",
"body": "Dogs are not the best example of this. They have been genetically engineered by humans and their behavior is mostly a reflection of this. Small dogs are loud and aggressive because in a world among large humans and other larger animals they need to be, and if there is any real danger they will be backed up by the humans.\n\nBut there are many reasons for a large animal to be scared of a smaller animal. Your example with cats are great because even a small cat is quite nimble and have sharp teeth and claws. A cat will likely win in a straight up fight with most animals twice its size. And even with larger animals they can do a lot of damage. Even as a human you do not want to be around an angry cat as it can quickly make you bleed in multiple places and even claw your eye out if it wants. An animal like a horse that have no way to protect itself from this kind of abuse have the right to be scared of even kittens.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.489326+00:00
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bert
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1molxll
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ELI5 Why can't narcissistic personality disorder be cured?
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Hello, I have read and watched a lot about narcissistic personality disorder, but I still don't get exactly why it cannot be treated. It is described as a disorder, but I often read that while it can be mitigated or treated through CBT for example, it cannot be "cured". Despite the progress made to treat so many mental disorders, NPD cannot be cured yet, why?It can harm so many people around the person that it should be taken seriously.
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1molxll/eli5_why_cant_narcissistic_personality_disorder/
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2025-08-12T21:41:37
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"author": "Quirky-Farmer-9789",
"body": "The difference between a bad habit or an unconstructive learned behavior, and a personality disorder, is that a personality disorder is intrinsic to a person’s sense of self; it’s a direct part of what “makes them tick”. It would be like someone trying to “treat” you for what type of person you find the most physically attractive or what colors of paint you prefer on walls. You can learn skills to be polite even if someone you see on a dating app doesn’t turn you on, or you can learn to be happy even in a room that’s painted orange even though you hate orange, but - that doesn’t mean you’ve actually stopped hating orange or suddenly started preferring blue eyes to brown. It just means you learn ways to live constructively with others in spite of those internal things that make you who you are. But the things themselves don’t go away.\n\nAnd the worst part about NPD is that you can’t learn any of the kinds of adaptations I was talking about without first believing it’s beneficial or necessary for you to do it and making that investment and commitment… and the hallmark of NPD is the inability to see fault in oneself. A person with it, can never want to learn how to stop hurting others with it, because the one thing they can never allow themselves to do is admit there’s anything wrong with how they already are, no matter what gyrations and gymnastics it takes for them to rationalize it.",
"score": 1072
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"author": "RelevantJackWhite",
"body": "There are not many mental disorders which can be cured. NPD is not the exception to the rule here - it is the norm. One part of the reason is that we don't have surgical/medication-based techniques which can permanently change the brain in precise ways like that. The other part is that something like NPD is partially about your behavior and your history in life - it's often a way we respond to trauma or abusive upbringings. Things like therapy help us handle those things in a way that reduces the impact of NPD. But no tablet or surgery is going to alter your own memories of your childhood and the lessons you learned about how to treat people",
"score": 287
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"author": "Ninja_Pollito",
"body": "It is very hard to treat personality disorders, in general. They are called personality disorders because their features are very stable. People with NPD very rarely seek therapy because they do not typically see a problem with themselves. It is hard to impose therapy upon an unwilling individual.",
"score": 84
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"author": "realdoaks",
"body": "It can be treated\n\nIt, like almost all personality disorders, are disorders of transformed affect / cognition + the neuro developmental impacts of those transformations across the lifespan \n\nAddressing attachment based distortions of information is the “cure” \n\nTypically there is also unresolved trauma in one or more forms that must be integrated as well \n\nSource is I’ve been a therapist, researcher, and psych clinic director for 15 years\n\nEDIT: Sorry this is not at all ELI5, ELI5:\n\nIt can be cured \n\nSometimes people don’t have mommies and daddies who give them attention, love, and comfort when they need it. This hurts their feelings and makes them feel unloved.\n\nThis doesn’t feel nice, so to help themselves feel better, they can create imaginary worlds where they are so strong, so smart, and so brave, that they don’t need anyone ever. \n\nThis isn’t the real world though, so when their safe imaginary world where they’re the best and strongest and smartest is questioned or challenged, they react with big feelings to make the person questioning or challenging the stuff that makes them feel safe go away. \n\nIt’s hard to cure this because the person has to know that their imaginary world causes problems for them, but this is tricky because knowing about their own imaginary world means the imaginary world is different from the real world, and then the imaginary world stops helping them feel better. So it can be really hard for them to see this, and if they don’t, they won’t ever look for help or even think they need it. \n\nA person called a therapist tries to help these people feel safe enough in the real world to not need to believe their imaginary world is the real one. If they can do that, the person can start understanding their imaginary world and why it’s there and how it helps or harms them. \n\nThen they can live fully in the real world and be happy and give and receive love.",
"score": 1
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"author": "hastryn",
"body": "If you’re looking for hope, this article may help but it is not ELI5. \n\n\n[understanding narcissism](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-narcissism/201908/10-stages-in-the-treatment-narcissistic-disorders?eml)",
"score": 31
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.489901+00:00
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bert
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1mopc5q
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[ELI5] Why aren't all the birds and mammals dying of heatstroke every summer?
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Obviously in the summer it's been getting quite hot and humid these days, and us humans generally try and avoid staying out because of it. And yet we're arguably more equipped biologically to deal with heat than the furry and feathered wildlife out there because of our lack of body hair and the fact that we are really good at sweating.
But all the birds, squirrels, and larger wildlife have no way of building air conditioned shelters, and on top of that they are very well insulated and warm blooded.
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2025-08-13T00:03:06
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"author": "eatingpotatochips",
"body": "Heat does kill animals.\n\n[https://theconversation.com/we-know-heatwaves-kill-animals-but-new-research-shows-the-survivors-dont-get-off-scot-free-184645](https://theconversation.com/we-know-heatwaves-kill-animals-but-new-research-shows-the-survivors-dont-get-off-scot-free-184645)\n\nAnimals live where they are adapted to live, unlike humans. They don't build air conditioned shelters, but they do have strategies such as burrowing underground, where the temperature is cooler. They might also migrate, moving to cooler temperatures when their current location warms up. \n\nHumans have spread out to different climates largely due to technology, and it's not just AC. Humans kill animals and use their pelts as jackets, for example.",
"score": 1
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"author": "Intergalacticdespot",
"body": "They mostly just endure. They will definitely drop dead if they get heat stroke. But it's very hard to tell when an animal is suffering absent obvious wounds or malnutrition. They hide it on purpose, because weakness attracts predators and social consequences. Animals dont sigh dramatically, cry, or call their mommy when they're miserable. But they still are. \n\n\nHorses and cows are kinda famous for being 100% fine one moment and dying the next, for this reason. Domestic pets do it too (dogs and cats.) My last cat went from chasing her mouse toy and the laser pointer to dying of stomach cancer 2 days later. ",
"score": 1
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"author": "chundricles",
"body": "animals totally die of heat stroke\n\nAnimals will also shed a lot of the insulating layers during summertime. Plus having a light layer between your body and the sun can keep you cooler (look at Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, etc. - lot of hot places where long robes are worn)\n\nMost animals aren't doing distance running, like humans can, so they don't accumulate heat the same way. \n\n\nAnd animals will build nests, burrow into the background, etc, keeping them out of the sun and cooling them off. They will find watering holes, shady woods areas.",
"score": 1
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"author": "HALF_PAST_HOLE",
"body": "Animals are well insulated where they need to be and very uninsulated where they need to be. \n\nHumans evolved a very efficient cooling system with our lack of hair and abundance of sweat glands everywhere, and so we were able to do different things in the heat, (like run down animals) but we were very poor at staying warm in the cold, so we again had to do different things from other animals in the cold. like Kill them and steal their skin! \n\nAnimals have their own specific way of surviving in the heat or cold, but just as we would, some of them do succumb to it. \n\nThey have just evolved to handle what they can handle and only do what they instinctively know they can handle in the current state of their environment they are in. \n\nSo, for example, lions lounge/sleep in the shade in the daytime and hunt at night. Other animals have different methods of dealing with it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.",
"score": 1
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"author": "j0179664",
"body": "For the most part if a wild animal lives somewhere it's because they're suited to the climate. A polar bear would die in the Caribbean as fast as a dog would die in the arctic",
"score": 1
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.490485+00:00
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bert
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1mojnel
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ELI5: how does a swamp pull somebody in?
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How does it work? And why is it difficult to get out?
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1mojnel/eli5_how_does_a_swamp_pull_somebody_in/
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2025-08-12T20:15:20
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"author": "Skarth",
"body": "You take one step into mud that is 6 feet deep.\n\nYour entire leg goes into the mud.\n\nYou still have forward momentum because you were moving forward, so your other leg swings forward and also goes into the mud, maybe a bit less deep.\n\nYour now stuck in the mud over your knees.\n\nYou try to pull one leg out, but the suction prevents this, and this causes your other leg to sink deeper because that is whats pushing down to try and pull out the other leg.\n\nEach time you try to pull out a leg, the other leg sinks deeper.\n\nYour body weight is still on your legs, so you are sinking very very slowly the whole time.\n\nIt stops once it gets to about your armpits, as you are still more buoyant than mud.\n\nHowever, you are very stuck.",
"score": 312
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"author": "[deleted]",
"body": "[removed]",
"score": 28
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"author": "Admiral_Dildozer",
"body": "I wouldn’t say all swamps are traps that will pull you in. Most are just moist ground you can walk on safely. \n\nWhat you’re referring to is either some kind of quicksand or drillers mud. It doesn’t pull you in, it’s just semi liquid enough that you can sink into it but the gravel, dirt, sand creates enough friction that you can’t easily pull your limbs out.",
"score": 18
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"author": "wille179",
"body": "Watery mud or watery sand (quicksand) form non-Newtonian fluids, which is just a fancy way of saying the faster you try to move the thicker it becomes. You put your weight on it and it squishes around you and you start to sink. You panic and try to pull your foot out quickly but the force solidifies it slightly, so pulling that foot up just shoves your other foot further down instead.\n\nThe trick is that it's *just* muddy water at the end of the day, so if you go still and just let yourself float and move very slowly, you can generally work yourself out. But people and animals tend to thrash in a panic and that only makes things worse until they exhaust themselves.",
"score": 43
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"author": "probablynotalone",
"body": "in a low density mix of sediment the suction effect is basically caused by the \"swamp\" rushing in to fill the gap you leave as you move.\n\nThe big problem with a swamp like that is that the liquid is very dense, like a thick batter it clings to you and is very heavy so it can feel like you get sucked in but you are actually just sinking slowly and have to fight more and more of the mud if you try to get out which in turn can cause the suction effect as your movement creates space for more to flow in.\n\nIt can also be very very deep with multiple layers of thickness, for example you could stand on a very thick layer reaching up to your knees and then suddenly that layer you are standing on gives way and you quickly sink as the layer under it very thin.\n\nThe layering comes from the difference in sediment size and water content. It can be layered both horizontally and vertically.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.491034+00:00
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bert
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1mo1dut
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ELI5: Is diplomatic immunity really the Get Out Of Jail Free card it's always portrayed in popular culture?
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https://reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1mo1dut/eli5_is_diplomatic_immunity_really_the_get_out_of/
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2025-08-12T06:37:13
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"author": "Leafan101",
"body": "The common answer, born out by a few examples, is that yes, it can kind of be like that, but really only once. Diplomats are there to promote relationships between countries. Obviously, if you commit crimes while a diplomat, you are not doing that job very well and it is extremely likely you will be removed from your post. You can be prosecuted by your own country if you broke their laws, and the country that sends you can even waive their claim of diplomatic immunity in your case, essentially surrendering you to them, if you'd crime is bad enough that it is likely to cause an international incident. \n\nIt is also in the interest of countries to not employ people as diplomats unless you have pretty good reason to believe they are going to behave themselves.\n\nSo yeah, it is a very significant immunity, but it is not really a broken system with a lot of checks to people breaking any laws they feel like.",
"score": 1871
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"author": "FuzzyGolf291773",
"body": "As with many things, the answer is more complicated than a simple yes or no. But there are examples of people getting away with straight up murder because of diplomatic immunity. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher",
"score": 175
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"author": "PhiloPhocion",
"body": "Yes and no. \n\nA lot of it functionally depends on what the sending state chooses to do. A bit like a very formal and high-level version of you staying at a friend's house - like technically speaking, your friend's parents are not your parents but you are in their house and if you break their rules, your parents are likely to be the one to decide your punishment. How proper your parents are about that is a different question.\n\nThe principle is meant to be a mutual understanding that diplomats need to be able to perform their duty without risk of harassment through unjust (up to interpretation) application or threat of criminal/legal enforcement. \n\nThat being said, for sure it has been abused. \n\nIn theory, the receiving state can ask that it be waived for serious crimes. But that’s ultimately up to the sending state to decide. Some are more … protective than others. Horrible stories known, Canada, US, a lot of the EU, Japan, etc typically make it very clear to their representatives that this is not a carte Blanche and in a clear abuse of immunity scenario, they will waive immunity. Not always. Often they’ll withdraw the representative and punish internally. But they can leave them if needed. For example, I do know someone from Singapore who was working at the embassy in my country and got caught driving under the influence. And basically the ministry said, that’s not related to your duties. Best of luck. And their residence status in country can be revoked so effectively they are given the boot from the country. Which isn’t necessarily punishment of the crime but is an option if the sending state will not waive. \n\nAlso it doesn’t technically cover all offences but how that plays out changes. For example, in theory, in many countries, things like parking violations technically don’t count but enforcement will get tied up on it. For example, not to stereotype but the Gulf states are famous for parking all over New York. They are often ticketed. But failure to pay those tickets can’t really be enforced because they can’t be arrested or detained (unless waived) for it so they famously rack up. That’s seen as poor form in diplomatic courtesy. The Gulf states often will just throw money at it and pay the fines but has garnered that reputation and somewhat misperception in New York that those cars can’t be ticketed. They can and are - they just don’t care.\n\nSo to the original comparison, like again, your friend's parents aren't your parents and legally, they can't control your life the same way your parents can. But if you break the rules at their house, your parents will be hearing about it and if your parents have any respect for others, they will make sure you pay for it. But your friend's parents won't be the one grounding you or taking away your xbox. And if it's bad enough, they can say you're obviously not welcome in their house anymore.",
"score": 62
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"author": "DaChieftainOfThirsk",
"body": "Doesn't mean you won't get kicked out of the country or fired by your boss. You are a diplomat managing relations with that country. If you are bad at your job you can still get fired.",
"score": 136
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"author": "Vadered",
"body": "Not for everything, but for the minor stuff, yeah.\n\nDiplomatic immunity is a courtesy granted by the host country. Revoking it typically means asking the diplomat politely but *very* firmly to leave, but if the diplomat screwed up real bad, the host country can ask the home country to waive immunity for that person and prosecute them. If they screwed up REAL REAL bad, the host will arrest them immediately and ask forgiveness instead of permission, though smart countries don’t do this without damn good provable cause (or a massive power imbalance) as it usually leads to retaliation not only from the diplomat’s home country but also from other countries, who generally have interest in their own diplomats not being locked away.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.491058+00:00
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bert
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1mp3sb0
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Short Answers to Simple Questions | August 13, 2025
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[Previous weeks!](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/search?sort=new&restrict_sr=on&q=flair%3ASASQ)
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2025-08-13T13:00:31
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"author": "axearm",
"body": "I read a comment in /r/askhistorians a long time back, in which the commenter was explaining, using the soviet union as an example I believe, on how the a states power is defined by its ability to kill people. \n\nSpecifically the ability to send them to their death in war, and that if a state can't do that, if faces an existential crisis in war, as Russia saw when it could no longer send men to die in WWI and how the USSR would survive when it could send vast numbers to die in WWII.\n\nI would love to find that comment if any one has any idea who wrote it or what I could find it.",
"score": 2
},
{
"author": "AdEasy1316",
"body": "Who are famous historical figures throughout history 4000BC-Present who were homosexual.",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "Stardust_Monkey",
"body": "Is there a country that was colonized but retained borders predating its colonization, rather than having its borders drawn by colonial powers?",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "themaskstays_",
"body": "Has Mecca EVER been controlled by a republic?",
"score": 1
},
{
"author": "neodoggy",
"body": "In some photographs and videos of the Nuremberg Rallies you see the banners the participants are carrying have a plaque above them with what I assume to be the name of a German city. What does this actually represent? Is it the name of the birthplace of the person carrying the banner? Is it just a randomly selected city? Or something else?\n\n[Example photo](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/78990171/photo/circa-1938-brown-shirts-marching-with-swastika-banners-at-a-rally-at-nuremberg.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=gi&k=20&c=IPamu61-hBU4NKV-JlH1vLaZyQR2hma5fdPszhnFS7U=).",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.491079+00:00
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bert
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1mp8d0w
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What happened to homeless people in fascist states like Germany and Italy?
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Donald Trump has just federalized the DC police and from his statements it appears one of the primary reasons is to round up homeless people. This led me to wonder what happened to the unhoused in fascist states historically. Fascists are highly concerned with aesthetics and so I can’t imagine the homeless were just ignored.
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2025-08-13T15:58:39
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"body": "Hello everyone, \n\nIf you are a first time visitor, welcome! This thread is trending high right now and getting a lot of attention, but it is important to remember those upvotes represent interest in the question itself, and [it can often take time for a good answer to be written](/r/AskHistorians/comments/7s66yf/a_statistical_look_at_askhistorians_in_2017_part_i/). The mission of /r/AskHistorians is to provide users with **[in-depth and comprehensive responses](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/f7ffl8/rules_roundtable_ii_the_four_questions_what_does/)**, and our [rules](/r/AskHistorians/wiki/rules) are intended to facilitate that purpose. *[We remove comments which don't follow them for reasons including unfounded speculation, shallowness, and of course, inaccuracy](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/h8aefx/rules_roundtable_xviii_removed_curation_and_why/)*. Making comments asking about the removed comments simply compounds this issue. So please, before you try your hand at posting, check out the [rules](/r/AskHistorians/wiki/rules), as we don't want to have to warn you further.\n\n**As of this writing,** this thread has 26 comments, only one of which is a half-hearted attempt to answer the question. Of the remaining 25 comments, one is the automod reminder to follow our rules, one is a mod warning, one is an AI answer which is plagiarism and we banned the user for, five or six are about the present day US, a couple are \"where are the comments,\" several are one or two sentences either trying to joke about homelessness (really) in Nazi Germany (_really_?), and the rest are \"where are all the comments?\" _We are not removing actual answers to the question._ \n\nOf course, we know that it can be frustrating to come in here from your frontpage or /r/all and see only *[removed]*, but we thank you for your patience. If you want to be reminded to come check back later, or simply find other great content to read while you wait, [this thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/i6b42q/rules_roundtable_xxvi_be_kind_remind_revisited/) provides a guide to a number of ways to do so, including the RemindMeBot- [**Click Here to Subscribe**](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Reminder&message=%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2FLINK-HERE%2F%5D%0A%0ARemindMe!++2+days) - or\nour [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/askhistorians.bsky.social).\n\nFinally, while we always appreciate feedback, it is unfair to the OP to further derail this thread with META conversation, so if anyone has further questions or concerns, I would ask that they be directed to [modmail](http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2FAskHistorians&subject=Question%20Regarding%20Rules). Thank you!",
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"body": "I cannot speak to Italy, however, in Nazi Germany, the Nazis went from catering to unemployed people when they needed their votes, to viewing them as members of the asocial class. When they seized power, a massive round up of homeless people was one of their first actions. In July 1933, they began a propaganda campaign against \"the nuisance of begging\". The week of September 18-25, 1933, was termed \"beggars' week.\" During this week, large amount of beggars and vagrants were taken into what was termed \"protective custody,\" and were sometimes removed from shelters that they were residing in. (I would like to add my own emphasis and context here, they were not just removing the people they viewed as \"unsightly,\" as these people were not on the streets and \"being a nuisance\" toward citizens. These were people who had temporary shelter, and who often were traveling workers who could find work here and there. The Nazis simply did not want anyone who was not productive in their society, regardless of whether they were aesthetically bothersome or not.)\n\nHowever, Beggar's Week was deemed a failure, as the Nazis, at that time, did not have the infrastructure to deal with the mass amounts of people they were detaining. Some were forced into workhouses, but they rapidly reached overcrowded status, and could take no more homeless people. Because the majority of unhoused people were still right back where they started, cities began to work on expelling their homeless people, along with other groups of undesirables. Some were removed to other cities to be put to work, others fell under the control of the Homlessness and Vagrancy departments of cities or regions. They were registered and monitored throughout the Nazi regime, and were divided into multiple subgroups of homeless people, depending on their perceived use to the regime and the aesthetics of their presence. (I'm sure this is what you're most interested in based on your question, but it is a lot of very complicated bureaucracy, and you are free to read the whole article that I'm pulling this information from, if you'd like. I spent a whole afternoon on it, once, it is fascinating how messed up these guys were).\n\nUp until around 1937-38, homeless people were divided into categories and then put into institutions. (I want to be clear that these were not concentration camps, work camps, or death camps. They were the equivalent of mental asylums. As time passed, they began to fall victim to your basic malnutrition, overcrowding, and maltreatment that happens in overcrowded camps in all wars and mental institutions. From this point, the homeless began to be removed to what were termed \"euthanasia centers.\" There, they were marked with black triangles and made to work, until their sentence was carried out. (You may be familiar with this from how Jews and other victims in death camps were made to work.)\n\nOne last caveat, Aryan homeless people/families were often allowed to receive social aid from the government, as they were thought to be able to contribute to the future of the Reich because of their basic genetic make up.\n\nSources:\n\nWolfgang Ayass - \"Vagrants and Beggars in Hitler's Reich\"\n\nFlorian Wimmer - \"The Ethnic Order of Poverty: Municipal Social Policy in National Socialist Munich\"\n\n \nedit: forgot a word",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.491849+00:00
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bert
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1mp9dlm
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What part of the Roman Empire was considered the armpit?
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Essentially, if you get back from a campaign but you pissed off a senator, where would you NOT want to be posted that is still within the empire but is its barren, deserted or otherwise distant. The ‘Northern Exposure’ of postings.
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.491869+00:00
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bert
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1mo8mfi
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What happened to supporters of Hitler after he fell from power?
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The title pretty much says it. I'm not talking about people in office, I'm talking about regular citizens that were never charged with a crime.
Did they all go "oh, I had no idea I was supporting THAT" or did they go "hehe oops!"
Like what happened? As a US citizen, watching some extremely concerning behavior emerge more and more often. I can't help but distance myself from my family. In 10 or 20 years, will they realize the connections I am currently seeing?
Did German supporters ever come to terms with the fact that they were cheering for murdering people?
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"body": "There have been some related questions asked and answered that may be of help while you wait on a direct answer.\n\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/jvv1e5/how_did_germany_deradicalize_its_people_after_the/\n\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1i97ira/did_nazis_in_1933_try_to_pretend_that_they_werent/\n\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1ldtma6/when_did_the_average_german_stop_believing_nazi/",
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"author": "Blagerthor",
"body": "NB: At the top, I am not a historian of modern Germany. I am a historian of the modern American extremist/racialist right. I have conducted some research on this subject because, like you, I was curious if history has any lessons about how extremist far-right political parties are viewed in retrospect, after they have caused clear, visible damage to their supposed supporters.\n\nAn important caveat, I will solely be discussing attitudes in West Germany, which the historiography basically agrees had a much less intensive programme of \"de-Nazification\" than did East Germany. There are many reasons for this, but my understanding is that it primarily boiled down to a combination of the more \"gentlemanly\" warefare experienced at the officer level on the Western Front and the interest of western military powers in having generals and officers on their side who had experience fighting the USSR. \n\nThere are more than a few public opinion polls, conducted by various Allied powers, of Germans from 1945 until the present. I'll link the various polls at the end of this comment. One of the most comprehensive surveys of German public opinion in the immediate post-war period, OMGUS, gets at early opinion polls, while later information was collected by a mix of government, press, and commercial reports.\n\nSumming up the documents I've linked blow:\n\nIn 1945, after having seen their country destroyed and ripped in half, nearly 20 million deaths, and the single largest deindustrialization of any nation in history, a larger percentage (~52%) of Germans than voted for Hitler in 1932 (~30%) believed that Nazism was a good political philosophy. Only a third believed the German people were responsible for the war and deserved the consequences of it. About a third also said they supported Hitler up until the end of the war. A particularly poignant quote from the footnotes of the OMGUS document:\n\n\"In January 1950 as much as a tenth of a nationwide sample rated Hitler as the statesman who had done most for Germany [...] In July 1952 a tenth agreed that Hitler was the greatest staesman of the century whose true greatness would be recognized only later, with another 22 per cent feeling that, although he had made a few mistakes, Hitler was nonetheless an excellent chief of state. The percentage claiming that, except for the war, Hitler would have been one of Germany's greatest statesment [was] 48 per cent in May 1955. [...] in 1968 34 per cent of the adherents of the new rightist National Democratic Party (NDP) indicated that, if the opportunity arose, they would vote for a man like Hitler.\" p. 62.\n\nSome members of the Hitler Youth would rise to prominence in other countries for their publication of Nazi propaganda and go on to develop what we would call \"Neo-Nazi\" organizations--I would argue there's nothing \"neo\" about them, but that's besides the point. Men like Ernst Zundel and George Dietz, both childhood members of the Hitler Youth and later emigrees to North America, were prominent propagandists in Canada and the United States respectively.\n\nOthers, born in the years following the second world war, were revolted by what Germany had done and found the collaboration between the West German government and former Nazi party members to be an attrocity. The 1960s and 70s saw the rise and active terrorism of groups like the Bader-Meinhof gang who wanted to reject, often violently, any West German association with Nazism and pursue a more rigorous de-Nazification like the liquidations that happened in East Germany.\n\nFinally, the reunification of Germany has shown that neither East nor West Germany wholly eradicated affinity for Nazism. A recent Die Welt article on the subject notes the rise in far-right ideologies once again in Germany.\n\nSources:\nhttps://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/OCA/Books2009-07/publicopinionino00merr/publicopinionino00merr.pdf\n\nhttps://www.dw.com/en/after-hitler-changing-views-of-nazism-in-postwar-germany/a-70323500\n\nFrank Bösch, *Zeitenwende 1979: Als die Welt von heute begann*. Munich: C.H. Beck. 2019. I particularly recommend ch.10 if you can read German.",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.491877+00:00
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bert
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1moi1ze
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What are some common historical inaccuracies that you all have noticed with WWI media?
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I am nearly finished writing a play set before and after WWI conscription in England. Naturally, I have conducted extensive research, as I hope that everything I mention related to the war and its effects on humanity (from specific battles, such as Passchendaele, to institutions like Craiglockhart Hospital, to the mortality rate of privates compared to officers) is accurate. However, I am aware that I am not an expert on the topic. So, given the knowledge that my play is, to greatly simplify it, centered around wealthy young men who are conscripted to serve as officers and must reckon with the effects of shell shock (along with a fair bit of discussion of homosexuality and classism in 1910s England), **what would be some common pitfalls that you notice similar media falls into?** Thank you very much!
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"body": "Hi there – we have approved your question related to your project, and we are happy for people to answer. However, we should warn you that these queries often do not get positive responses. We have several suggestions that you may want to take on board regarding this and future posts:\r\n\r\n*Please be open about why you’re asking and how the information will be used, including how any substantive help will be credited in the final product.\r\n\r\n*While our users are often happy to help get you started, asking someone else to do foundational research work for your project is often a big ask. If this information is absolutely vital for your work, consider asking for reading suggestions or other help in doing your own research. Alternatively, especially if this is a commercial project, consider hiring a historical consultant rather than relying on free labour here. While our flaired users may be happy to engage in such work, please note that this would need to be worked out privately with them, and that the moderation team cannot act as a broker for this.\r\n\r\n*Be respectful of the time that people put into answering your queries. In the past, we’ve noticed a tendency for writers and other creators to try to pump historians for trivia while ignoring the wider points they’re trying to make, while others have a tendency to argue with historians when the historical reality does not line up with what's needed for a particular scene or characterization.\r\n\r\nFor more general advice about doing research to inform a creative project, please check out [our Monday Methods post on the subject](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k8o4rv/monday\\_methods\\_researching\\_for\\_fiction/).",
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"author": "Still_Yam9108",
"body": "I don't know if it's quite similar enough to count as 'similar media', but to me the perennial inaccurate thing I see in visual media of WW1 is how trench warfare is portrayed. Blackadder the Fourth, despite being hilarious, is basically a poster child of this. That a trench assault would be people lining up, slowly marching forward across now man's land, to be mown down by machine gun fire only for the opposing side to do the exact same idiotic thing right back as the pointless futility continued forever.\n\nThat is not how trench assaults worked. In fact, most trench assaults did in fact work, if we define 'working' as taking the line of trenches they were going after. The problem is that the defenses could be suppressed, but the only realistic tool for the job was major artillery bombardment. And the same major artillery bombardment which could make the machine guns go silent and smash up the defenses would also wreck no-man's land between them and you get those cratered moonscapes you see in old photos.\n\nThe real point that made it all futile was the inevitability of counterattack; everyone knew the vulnerability of outer lying trench works, would have their (artillery) guns sighted to be able to drop shells right inside them, and would probably have roads or even railroads bringing up forces to roll the initial invaders back. Which they did, almost every time, because fresh troops brought in by railroad beat tired wounded troops who can only get reinforcement by foot over rough terrain win pretty much every time.\n\nSo if you ever describe the tempo of trench warfare, you should have it be this manic, frenzied thing, where you HAVE to keep attacking, keep pushing, keep going forward because those pattern is attack-counterattack-countercounterattack, etc, with each successive wave usually working out before being pushed back by yet another weave of enemy troops doing the same thing. You can't ever really stop, and if you did, it would mean surrendering one defensive point after another and getting levered out of your positions bit by bit.",
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"author": "Centaurtaur111",
"body": "To clarify, as per the pinned mod comment - I am in no way asking for any free labor or foundational knowledge, nor do I expect or even desire any extremely substantial work to be involved in this query. This play is being produced in a few months. I just figured it might be worth a pass here just to see what sort of lesser known but frustrating pitfalls you all have noticed!! :))",
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"author": "Bernardito",
"body": "Considering that I wrote an entire book on this subject, I would argue that a common pitfall that First World War media has traditionally fallen into (although increasingly improving since the centenary) is forgetting the *world* in world war. During the war, the Western Front was the most multiracial and multicultural place on earth as a result of colonial powers recruiting soldiers from their colonies to fight in the war — alongside African, Indigenous, and other racial minorities already living in London, Berlin, or Paris.\n\nWhile this was quite clear to participants at the time, including civilians at home who could easily read or see photographs depicting combatants from around the world, the presence of black soldiers for example has often been left out of popular culture representations — thereby ensuring that the First World War in popular imagination has become a ”white mythic space”.",
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"author": "Beneficial-Macaron94",
"body": "To add to the other great comments, I'd say the overreliance and oversimplification of the big narratives of war by upper-class young officers like Siegfried Sassoon. I realize you are writing specifically about that type of person (totally fine!) but their reactions have been pretty oversimplified in media depictions or single accounts by authors that leave out their broader lives and what the war was actually like for them and those like them. \n\nHere are a few I see frequently. \n\n1. A major pitfall is the sweeping presumption that British soldiers were blindly let to slaughter by foolish old men and then became widely disillusioned by the horror of war. There certainly were young men, particularly officers like Sassoon and Wilfred Owen who had disillusionment about the war at various times. But their voices have drowned out the apparently more common experience of men to go to war, have a tough time, and still believe that the war was justified and their role in it sensible. Scholars like Jessica Meyer have highlighted how most soldiers saw their participation in war as either a positive thing or something they wouldn't have missed. It remained the measure of \"real men\" long after the conflict. Focusing primarily on the horror of war and questioning the value of it really only hit the mainstream in Britain around 1927, with accounts like Sassoon, Vera Brittan, started to contest other accounts. See Janet Watson's Fighting Different Wars, and Jessica Meyer's Men of War for this type of discussion.\n2. The idea that everyone who went to war came back shellshocked and traumatized. Look, war is horrible and at the best of times is uncomfortable. I'm not saying it wasn't or isn't. But as others noted, it was a world war. That meant many people, including young upper-class mean, spent their entire war without getting in a trench. By end of the First World War, the ratio of frontline to rear area troops was about 6/4. (Beckett, Bowman, and Connelly, the British Army and the First World War). Much of soldiers time was not spent in the frontlines, but people were rotated in and out and direct attacks were fairly rare experiences. Likewise, while soldiers did get shellshocked and many people struggled to reintegrate back into society, all the evidence we have suggests that most had no problem. Whether they processed the horror they had seen differently, buried the trauma, or it just wasn't captured in the historical record is a bit of a debate in trauma studies and First World War Studies. However, we do know that most people appear to have managed well enough to go on with their lives and not breakdown. A young upper-class officer was nearly as likely to serve in a non-combat regiment as they were to be in the thick of it. Those who did breakdown, and you can see this in accounts by soldiers in logistics, could also breakdown because of overwork and stress rather than trench warfare.\n3. The idea that British civilians didn't have some idea of the horror of war. As Adrian Gregory's The Last Great War points out, people had a decent idea of what war was like, an idea of the casualties. Likewise, conscripts tended to be less antiwar (though there were certainly some) than people who didn't think they should serve yet or felt they were doing more important things. The division between conscripts and volunteers gets very blurry. Once you know the state is going to conscript you, you have fewer reasons to rush to the front.\n4. Finally, that soldiers hated or came back hating civilians. Although Storm of Steel and some of Sassoon's writings argue otherwise, civilians and soldiers were not two oppositional communities. Both relied on each other to give purpose for what the other one was doing.\n\nSources, Jessica Meyer, Men of War: *Masculinity and the First World War in Britain* (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; Dan Todman, The Great War: Myth and Memory (Cambridge University Press, 2005); Adrian Gregory, *The Last Great War: British Society and the First World War* (Cambridge University Press, 2008); Michael Roper, *The secret battle: Emotional survival in the Great War* (Manchester University Press, 2009); Janet Watson, Fighting Different Wars: Experience, Memory, and The First World War in Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2004).",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.491883+00:00
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bert
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1mo8z4q
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I am Dr. Hugo Shakeshaft, here to talk about my recent book, 'Beauty and the Gods: A History from Homer to Plato'. I work on ancient Greek aesthetics, religion, and art, and am currently a fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Ask me anything!
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My book, *Beauty and the Gods: A History from Homer to Plato*, was recently published with Princeton University Press. Here is the book's blurb:
'Beginning with the earliest Greek literature, the epics of Homer and Hesiod, beauty was seen as having a special connection with the divine. The gods of ancient Greece were defined by their exceptional beauty; even today, ‘to look like a Greek god’ is proverbial for human beauty. In *Beauty and the Gods*, Hugo Shakeshaft explores the relationship between the beautiful and divine in ancient Greece, principally in the Archaic period (ca. 750–480 BCE). Analysing evidence that ranges from poetry, art, and philosophical texts to architecture and the natural landscape, Shakeshaft shows how ideas and experiences of beauty shaped Greek relations with the divine.
With a powerful call for the place of beauty and aesthetics in the writing of history, Shakeshaft uncovers the cultural dialogue between beauty and the gods in a variety of contexts in the Archaic Greek world: in forms of divine worship; in poetry, music, and dance; in attitudes to the natural environment; and in architecture and art. This early chapter of Greek history, he argues, holds an unrecognised key to understanding some long-running threads in the histories of religion, art, and aesthetics, from Plato’s aesthetic theories to beauty’s status in contemporary discourse. Beauty’s deep past and divine connection in ancient Greece can help us see beauty now in sharper focus.'
I am excited to be here and look forward to answering your questions!
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"author": "dhowlett1692",
"body": "Thanks for doing this! A while ago, I rewatched the Disney movie Hercules and at one point he calls Meg \"more beautiful than Aphrodite.\" Would it be normal practice to compare Greek deity and mortal beauty in ancient courtship?",
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"author": "Tatem1961",
"body": "As I understand it, Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for mandating all girls/women have regular exercise, following the Lamarkian idea that a strong mother would birth strong sons. Did Sparta have unique standards for feminine attractiveness due to this?",
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"author": "hugo_shakeshaft",
"body": "Hi everyone, thank you so much for all your questions today, they were great! I'm signing off for the day but I'll check in again tomorrow if there are any further queries. Thanks again and all the best!",
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"author": "JudithWeisenfeld",
"body": "Thanks for doing this. Was there a sense that the absence of beauty by prevailing standards reflected some kind of moral failure on a person's part or marked a distance from the divine?",
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"author": "Ann_Putnam_Jr",
"body": "Since each Greek deity had their own roles, was beauty discussed tied to their domains? Ie, was Apollo's beauty tied to the sun versus Hermes or Hades having different attributes of beauty? Or was beauty generalized and ascribed to the gods?",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.492831+00:00
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bert
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1mphipm
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A Serbian cop beating an unarmed woman
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"author": "Ofurnic8tor69",
"body": "I guess this is starting to feel like an odd habit in Serbia, you know, the government (which is supposed to protect their own population) attacking, you know, their own population... \n\nIt makes no sense to me. The country has tremendous potential.",
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"author": "Ill_Refrigerator3360",
"body": " Make their faces known so they can be proudly spit at wherever they go.\n Shameless.",
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"author": "DescriptionOk683",
"body": "Fuck fascists!",
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"author": "Boundish91",
"body": "How incredibly pathetic he is.",
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"author": "Silly-Goober-1827",
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.493405+00:00
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bert
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Tensions escalate in Serbia as members of ruling SNS party attack citizens
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"body": "In Serbia, the government riots",
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"author": "videokiller",
"body": "Among them is Andrej Vucic, president Aleksandar Vucic's brother.",
"score": 87
},
{
"author": "Relja_Gajic",
"body": "Mind you they are all protected by the police while using bricks, bats, tools and fireworks...",
"score": 132
},
{
"author": "Ronoh",
"body": "Why is there bad evil people that want to ruin everyone's else's life?",
"score": 247
},
{
"author": "Yuropeann",
"body": "Videos cant be posted on r/europe guys go to r/serbia to see videos of police brutality and hooligans attacking protestors",
"score": 93
}
] |
europe
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"anger": 0.9463818073272705,
"fear": 0.04568622261285782,
"joy": 0.0023543245624750853,
"love": 0.0005277874297462404,
"sadness": 0.0045570749789476395,
"surprise": 0.0004927924601361156
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.493894+00:00
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bert
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1moyg96
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Spotted this in Hamburg and I love it.
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https://reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1moyg96/spotted_this_in_hamburg_and_i_love_it/
| 28,509
| 137
| 1,755,072,281
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2025-08-13T08:04:41
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[
{
"author": "Jen24286",
"body": "I'm a proud Hamburger!",
"score": 85
},
{
"author": "2k_x2",
"body": "Trump (the one who put Musk into the spotlight and lifted his ego, last thing you should with sociopaths), Orban, netanyahu, Putin. Cancers of our time.",
"score": 339
},
{
"author": "NewManufacturer4252",
"body": "I just realized \n\n\nDid dipshit start going crazy when he came up with the brain implant thing and went full The Fly movie?",
"score": 69
},
{
"author": "dat_9600gt_user",
"body": "Neuralink is going to cause casualties, mark my words",
"score": 8
},
{
"author": "Steel113",
"body": "I too spotted this in Hamburg in June. Next to the river yes?",
"score": 7
}
] |
europe
|
{
"anger": 0.01168833952397108,
"fear": 0.011143024079501629,
"joy": 0.9683429598808289,
"love": 0.0008968434412963688,
"sadness": 0.005472290329635143,
"surprise": 0.002456615213304758
}
|
2025-08-14T01:49:26.493911+00:00
|
bert
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1mpbk44
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After the Russian Secret Service announced it's intentions to influence the Hungarian reactions, Péter Magyar, Orbán's challenger reacted with the following on a public rally: "We are not afraid of you either."
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https://reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1mpbk44/after_the_russian_secret_service_announced_its/
| 1,908
| 137
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2025-08-13T17:55:47
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[
{
"author": "Any-Original-6113",
"body": "A great response from a Hungarian politician to the Kremlin",
"score": 253
},
{
"author": "Low_Technician_5034",
"body": "For the Hungarians here - how high are the chances that dip\\*\\*it in charge will just have him arrested a week or two before the elections on a bogos corruption or fraud charges and count all votes for him instead? i mean.. seems to be moving this way..",
"score": 144
},
{
"author": "dead97531",
"body": "**He said:**\n\n\"**Vladimir Putin has begun to interfere in the Hungarian elections**,\" said Péter Magyar in Balatonfüred, after Russian intelligence reported that the European Commission wants to bring the Tisza Party to power in Hungary.\n\n\"**Putin's intelligence service issued a statement that reads as if we were reading the statements of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party in the 1980s, and they wrote there that here \\[...\\] forces organized from abroad, with the support of certain foreign organizations, want to overthrow the democratic Hungarian government**,\" said the president of the Tisza Party.\n\nAccording to Magyar, the public media picked up on the Russian intelligence statement, which is an open admission that Putin has begun to interfere in the Hungarian elections. He added, \"**It is quite astonishing that the Hungarian public media is publishing this statement,\" which, according to him, has not dared to invite him for a year.**\n\n**\"I can tell Vladimir Putin that we are not afraid of him, we are not afraid of Viktor Orbán, and we are not afraid of propagandists,**\" Magyar said in Balatonfüred.\n\n**The Tisza Party previously wrote about the Russian intelligence statement that it was obvious disinformation and \"what belongs together grows together.\"**\n\n[https://telex.hu/belfold/2025/08/13/magyar-peter-reakcio-orosz-hirszerzes-kozlemeny](https://telex.hu/belfold/2025/08/13/magyar-peter-reakcio-orosz-hirszerzes-kozlemeny)",
"score": 35
},
{
"author": "Neither_Guava_8292",
"body": "What a patriotic name. Is like a presidential candidate in the US named John American.",
"score": 159
},
{
"author": "Stardust-Hazel",
"body": "Lol, so now they're playing the 'no spying here' card, huh?",
"score": 18
}
] |
europe
|
{
"anger": 0.003271156456321478,
"fear": 0.9947330951690674,
"joy": 0.0006603352958336473,
"love": 0.00017918397497851402,
"sadness": 0.0007749717915430665,
"surprise": 0.00038128995220176876
}
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2025-08-14T01:49:26.493918+00:00
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bert
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