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IMTrick t1_jdkiv5b wrote
Reply to Unknown growth in submerged sand by XLR8R_N8
Looks like algae to me. You could try an algaecide, which you can pick up at any aquarium supply store, but that may just turn it brown. Chances are you're eventually going to need to scrub that off the acrylic.
IMTrick t1_jaeu5d8 wrote
Reply to This tile I just installed for my laundry room has a repeating uterus pattern. The wife denys it. by allsgoodd
You deserve a standing ovation.
IMTrick t1_jaejbnk wrote
Reply to Dear Developers and Studios... by [deleted]
Something is seriously wrong when the primary focus of running a business is to make money.
/s
IMTrick t1_jaed2yo wrote
Reply to comment by therealhood in Stay classy, Texas by arhjones
As someone who drives across Texas on a regular basis, I assure you I've seen much worse than this on some of those rural backroads.
That doesn't mean it's not fake, but it wouldn't be unusual if it's not.
IMTrick t1_jaecia6 wrote
Reply to The 7th Guest by LisaPisa-1983
I loved the crap out of that game back in the day despite the really god-awful voice acting. Apologies to whichever devs they picked from the coding pool to do that part, but I hope you kept your day jobs.
IMTrick t1_ja8ozeo wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Caught between Microsoft's and Google's search war, the ad industry grapples with a 'exciting and terrifying' new reality by marketrent
Now do that, but just include search.
I'm not a fan of either company, but they're not even in the same league there.
IMTrick t1_j91r52o wrote
Reply to I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside | This bizarre episode in social-media history proves that it’s well past time for meaningful tech oversight by Hrmbee
From where I'm sitting, this is a really weird take. I get that it's upsetting to see the culture of an online space destroyed; that's the reason I rarely visit Twitter any more. It is, indeed, a festering shithole these days.
The idea that regulation would somehow have prevented that, though, is dubious. It's just as likely that regulation would have prevented the culture the writer enjoyed from ever appearing in the first place.
The problem here isn't a lack of regulations; it's a simple matter of one guy being in charge of a popular platform and enacting his own agenda on it (in addition to that one guy having a cult following that includes a disproportionate number of toxic assholes). It's unfortunate that Musk's priority with Twitter seems to mainly be to piss off as many people as possible for clicks (a tactic familiar to anyone who's followed other media for any length time), but how could you possibly regulate that in a way that wouldn't stifle innovation elsewhere?
I just don't see how any attempt to use regulations to enforce user behavior at a government would be anything but a dismal failure. It'd be subject to the priorities of whoever's in charge at the time, and it seems to me that this is one of those cases (and as a flaming liberal it pains me to say this out loud) where free market forces would do far good more in the long term than any legislation would. If Twitter continues to be a shithole, people will continue to create alternatives, and users will continue to flee.
This all just sounds like it's treating Twitter as a platform that's too big to fail, so it must be "fixed" rather than to let it go the way of countless social media media platforms before it for which there were better alternatives. We don't need to force Twitter to be better; we just need to let someone else do it.
IMTrick t1_j8uasnk wrote
Reply to Elon Musk, who co-founded firm behind ChatGPT, warns A.I. is ‘one of the biggest risks’ to civilization by ethereal3xp
#2, right behind egotistical billionaires.
IMTrick t1_j4sto4p wrote
Reply to comment by Merv71 in TIL "A Christmas Story" was initially overlooked and only became a classic after Ted Turner purchased the rights and began airing it yearly on cable TV. by habalushy
You kind of beat me to it. I went to the theater to see this when it came out, as did a whole lot of other people I knew. $19.3M wasn't the same thing in 1983 as it is now, and while it wasn't a huge blockbuster or anything, I'd hardly say it was "overlooked." A lot of movies you've probably seen from 1983 didn't do that well.
IMTrick t1_j295wt2 wrote
Reply to TIL that the Blind Boys of Alabama, active for 83 years, still have an original member by MCMax05
Saw these guys in Gospel at Colonus in 1985 and it was pretty amazing.
Did some googling because I wasn't sure of the date, and was surprised to see Morgan Freeman played the narrator. It's strange to think there was a time I would have seen Morgan Freeman and not remembered it for the rest of my life.
IMTrick t1_j1y161p wrote
Reply to comment by ilovemychickens in In Return to Oz (1985) the nightmare fueled sequel to the Wizard of Oz, why do so many of the characters look completely different from the first film? by ilovemychickens
As someone who read all the Oz books as a kid (but hasn't seen Return to Oz), what you're describing sounds... well, a lot more like the illustrations from the books than what was in the MGM movie.
My guess would be that Return to Oz is simply an adaptation of another of the Oz books, and not a sequel to the movie we're familiar with.
IMTrick t1_iusdxy2 wrote
Reply to Today I learned that dandelion roots can be used to make a coffee-like beverage. by ty775pearl
"Coffee-like" is an extremely kind description of what dandelion tea actually tastes like.
IMTrick t1_itoh8ob wrote
This goes wrong almost as often as it goes right. Tom Hanks in Elvis is a prime recent example of why this isn't always a good idea (though his performance in that was about as good as his makeup). It can be very distracting, and in a lot of cases hinders the performance more than it helps.
IMTrick t1_ito6z5j wrote
Reply to The Exorcist is wrongly named by [deleted]
Could not disagree more. What people remember might be the exorcism, but the heart of the movie is a priest and his struggles with his faith, not the ceremony.
IMTrick t1_iredc8i wrote
Reply to comment by Azeze1 in TIL: Beer Consumption Increases Human Attractiveness to Malaria Mosquitoes by [deleted]
I think the important question is who is drinking the beer.
How cute must those little beer goggles be?
IMTrick t1_ir1mudv wrote
Reply to comment by FarceMultiplier in TIL the song 'Seasons in the Sun' was originally written about a man dying of a broken heart while accepting that his wife cheated on him many times, and was written in a brothel in Tangiers by FarceMultiplier
As far as song about dead dogs go, I'd say it's probably one of the best.
IMTrick t1_ir1mlba wrote
Reply to comment by ral315 in TIL the song 'Seasons in the Sun' was originally written about a man dying of a broken heart while accepting that his wife cheated on him many times, and was written in a brothel in Tangiers by FarceMultiplier
That's the B-Side, actually (Side B, "Put the Bone In," is actually about a dead dog, and not the audio porn you might assume from the title).
IMTrick t1_jees2uh wrote
Reply to comment by amnesiasoft in TIL: “EGOT” is an acronym that was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas. It gained wider recognition after being introduced on the comedy series “30 Rock” by lily_noodlez
GOTE was right there.