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Answer: To "play through":
>The terms "play through" and "playing through" refer to the act of a faster group of golfers on a golf course being invited to or allowed to pass a slower group - for the faster group to get ahead of the slower group.
>Ideally, this happens at the invitation of the slower group. Let's say you're in the Slow Group, and you notice that the Fast Group behind you is always waiting on your group. Yet, there is room in front of your group - the hole ahead is open. In this case, it is good golf etiquette for the Slow Group to invite the Fast Group to "play through."
[Source](https://www.liveabout.com/definition-of-play-through-or-playing-through-in-golf-1560955)
In the cartoon, Trump is asking the dead migrant father and daughter (from this now [famous photo](https://people.com/politics/wrenching-photo-father-daughter-drown-river-dangers-migrants-face/)) if he can play through and continue his game of golf. Essentially, it's a caricature of Trump's callousness. | 55 | c7fwv5 | esg2mna | 2019-07-01 00:37:53 | true | What is up with this viral Trump cartoon strip causing the artist to be fired? | Link to article: https://crooksandliars.com/2019/06/canadian-cartoonist-fired-after-his-trump
I'm not from the US so I don't understand what this cartoon is trying to imply, and why is it offending people/going viral. Appreciate the help! | 254 | 2019-06-30 15:40:23 | true |
Answer: People are pleased or offended because it's a condemnation of Trump. It implies (in my opinion, correctly) that he's utterly indifferent to the suffering caused by his policies and rhetoric on immigration.
The newspaper vigorously denies that this cartoon led to their ending the contract:
> "It is entirely incorrect to suggest Brunswick News Inc. cancelled its freelance contract with cartoonist Michael de Adder due to a cartoon depicting Donald Trump currently circulating on social media. This is a false narrative which has emerged carelessly and recklessly on social media," the statement read. "In fact, BNI was not even offered this cartoon by Mr. de Adder. The decision to bring back reader favourite Greg Perry was made long before this cartoon, and negotiations had been ongoing for weeks."
I'm not super-familiar with Perry's work but at a glance he appears to be very critical of Trump as well, so I see no reason to think the change was motivated by politics. | 2 | c7fwv5 | esh7e19 | 2019-07-01 12:43:08 | false | What is up with this viral Trump cartoon strip causing the artist to be fired? | Link to article: https://crooksandliars.com/2019/06/canadian-cartoonist-fired-after-his-trump
I'm not from the US so I don't understand what this cartoon is trying to imply, and why is it offending people/going viral. Appreciate the help! | 254 | 2019-06-30 15:40:23 | true |
Answer: Many people find that the visuals/sound produced by cutting soap are quite satisfying. It's a subset of a genre called ASMR, where a lot of people do weird things in front of a camera and expensive microphone to achieve a similar effect. | 1 | c7ia7k | esgfv9q | 2019-07-01 03:31:08 | false | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why they exist. | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer: ASMR is what people love | 1 | c7ia7k | eshx92h | 2019-07-01 17:38:51 | false | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why they exist. | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer: https://youtu.be/vFqbWwKg_o4
This video explains it pretty well in a mildly entertaining manner. | 1 | c7ia7k | esof05s | 2019-07-03 15:03:52 | true | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why they exist. | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer:I Believe it has something to do with the phenomenon of ASMR, or Autonomous sensory meridian response | 7 | c7ia7k | esfgbcn | 2019-06-30 20:10:15 | false | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why they exist. | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer: It's a scientific field that's been advancing rapidly, and people are finding all sorts of interesting ways that the human microbiome is involved in seemingly unrelated aspects of health.
This part is probably conjecture, but because the subject matter is easy enough to get your head around, most people are familiar enough with the subject to understand the headline and feel smart and upvote it. | 15 | c7haiv | esgg4l5 | 2019-07-01 03:34:29 | false | What's going on with redditors always upvoting posts about gut bacteria? | Anytime there is any post talking about a new study talking about the importance of gut bacteria, how gut bacteria is affected by x etc...
It get's really upvoted.
Only time I see posts about research being consistently be upvoted is when is something redditors really want. Like anytime there is a post "New study in generic journal shows marijuana/lsd lowers depression/improves creativity/rewires brain/any positive word"
Examples:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/c7eeev/magic_mushrooms_follow_cannabis_for_potential/
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/search?q=gut+bacteria&sort=relevance&t=all | 9 | 2019-06-30 17:45:05 | true |
Answer: There were a few word puzzles before the game actually started. One of the clues was "Person____ality" with the correct answer being "split personality." So many people responded with the answer in the chat that more and more people started posting the same thing as a running gag. Even several minutes into the real game, this continued. | 10 | c7non2 | esgi9pc | 2019-07-01 04:03:51 | false | What's up with "Split Personality" being the current HQ Trivia chat spam item? | An awful lot of the HQ Trivia chat spam June 30th was just the phrase "split personality" and some people asking what that means and not getting an answer. I can't find anything with Google. Is this like Bird's Nest Soup where it's actually linked to an infamous HQ question, or is it a sample of a general phenomenon going on right now like when Yanny vs. Laurel was spammed?
Don't have an exact screenshot or URL since it was a temporarily existing but noticeable phenomenon in a fast-moving, brief window, here's just a general HQ Trivia chat spam picture for rule 2 purposes: [https://i.redd.it/4aco0f8pd2f01.jpg](https://i.redd.it/4aco0f8pd2f01.jpg). | 8 | 2019-07-01 03:44:24 | true |
Answer: Yeah, they’re incels. They formed that sub after the original one got banned due to a series of *particularly* extreme posts from members of their community (like one of them (with some reading between the lines) soliciting for advice on how to get away with rape on LegalAdvice). | 180 | c7oeqc | esgnkaf | 2019-07-01 05:27:55 | false | What's going on with Braincels? | What are Braincels? I've not heard of them until I stumbled across their quarantined subreddit not long ago. Are they related to Incels?
Why is their sub quarantined? Is it from an isolated incident, their general content, etc?
[A recent hot post where they use the kind of words you see with Incels (Foids, Chads, etc)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Braincels/comments/bwyqh4/upvote_to_scare_foids/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) | 92 | 2019-07-01 05:03:34 | true |
Answer:
if i’m not wrong it’s a petition to get rid of the law in Singapore that prevents men from having anal sex. Unfortunately the government has not done anything about it yet. The law is not enforced though. | 14 | c7qg0g | esgyfmt | 2019-07-01 09:34:14 | false | What’s up with “repeal 377A Singapore”? | so i know this has something to do with equality for the LGBT community, but what is it exactly?
example link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted\_at\_san\_francisco\_pride\_2019/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x](https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted_at_san_francisco_pride_2019/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x) | 14 | 2019-07-01 09:24:41 | true |
Answer: 377A is a colonial-era law criminalising sex between gay men. The reason it's coming up now is because Singapore's pride rally, which is very tightly controlled and restricted, was just a few days ago (29 June). [I posted a little bit more info about it in r/LGBTeens.](https://www.reddit.com/r/LGBTeens/comments/c711ek/hey_guys_this_how_pride_looked_in_singapore_today/) | 6 | c7qg0g | esh55hc | 2019-07-01 12:05:51 | true | What’s up with “repeal 377A Singapore”? | so i know this has something to do with equality for the LGBT community, but what is it exactly?
example link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted\_at\_san\_francisco\_pride\_2019/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x](https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted_at_san_francisco_pride_2019/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x) | 14 | 2019-07-01 09:24:41 | true |
Answer: she tried to interject herself into a conversation between world leaders. It was awkward, based on their body language she was being ignored and not desired there. Basically forcing herself into the conversation. Here's a link to the article that has the actual video in it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/c7owoe/painful_to_watch_the_french_government_released_a | 6,900 | c7r7cz | esh3tk7 | 2019-07-01 11:40:50 | true | What's going on with Ivanka Trump? | I read something along the lines of her being sent to a political meeting and not being qualified. What exactly happened? Did she make a fool of herself? Or are people just upset at her being Trump's daughter and being given such a big responsibility? (Nepotism?)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-flames-ivanka-trump-we-should-have-sent-a-qualified-diplomat-2019-06-30 | 9,521 | 2019-07-01 11:03:44 | true |
Answer: Not only did she hang out [at the G-20, she crossed into North Korea](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/30/politics/ivanka-trump-g20-north-korea/index.html) with the president. She's an unappointed, unconfirmed "[assistant to the president](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/29/donald-trump-ivanka-trump/99795232/)" without traditional authority granted her to represent the US in foreign policy. Yes, she's inexperienced, but more importantly she's not at State or Defense or under any other cabinet level office. She's unofficial. Her presence at these events is remarkable. | 5,558 | c7r7cz | esh7ks5 | 2019-07-01 12:46:02 | true | What's going on with Ivanka Trump? | I read something along the lines of her being sent to a political meeting and not being qualified. What exactly happened? Did she make a fool of herself? Or are people just upset at her being Trump's daughter and being given such a big responsibility? (Nepotism?)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-flames-ivanka-trump-we-should-have-sent-a-qualified-diplomat-2019-06-30 | 9,521 | 2019-07-01 11:03:44 | true |
Answer: The French government recently released a 15-second video clip of an extemporaneous conversation between Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Christine Lagarde, and Ivanka Trump. The conversation took place during the G20, an annual economic conference attended by world leaders, during off-session. It did not place during a formal meeting. The video begins mid-conversation and is presented without context. The video was posted among several other clips of officials interacting, as has been common practice for the French government during previous G20 meetings.
The topic of the conversation appears to regard the use of economic incentives to garner support for public policy. The policy in question is unclear due to the brevity of the video. Ivanka Trump, who has frequently been the target of nepotism accusations by her political opponents, has been criticized for her contribution to the conversation, and the brief video has been used as a new point of attack to question her qualifications.
Many critics have described Ivanka as an unofficial diplomat, although her official role is Advisor to President, with a particular focus on women's empowerment. She is not paid for this position. At the G20, she formally spoke at a women's empowerment event in Osaka. She did not take part in formal meetings between leaders.
French officials say they did not expect the online reaction the clip has received. | 103 | c7r7cz | esjbv8j | 2019-07-02 01:13:40 | false | What's going on with Ivanka Trump? | I read something along the lines of her being sent to a political meeting and not being qualified. What exactly happened? Did she make a fool of herself? Or are people just upset at her being Trump's daughter and being given such a big responsibility? (Nepotism?)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-flames-ivanka-trump-we-should-have-sent-a-qualified-diplomat-2019-06-30 | 9,521 | 2019-07-01 11:03:44 | true |
Answer: The 80's were the best of times and the worst of times. Video game culture really started in the 80's and therefore are generally a pretty cool retro theme for many games. | 99 | c7rczn | esh4ngn | 2019-07-01 11:56:40 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/211820/announcements/detail/1593626234091934844)
[rocket league](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3qh7bjoIY)
[league of legends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqSJKqor6o&feature=youtu.be) | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: the people who grew up in the 80s are running things now. That's why Stranger Things and Ready Player Of are so popular. | 56 | c7rczn | esh87x3 | 2019-07-01 12:56:02 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/211820/announcements/detail/1593626234091934844)
[rocket league](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3qh7bjoIY)
[league of legends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqSJKqor6o&feature=youtu.be) | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: kind of, more like a theory.
Looks like Sci-fi and Cyberpunk themes are becoming popular once again.
Keep in mind that, in the recent E3 conference, a lot of games included Sci-fi Themes (Halo, The Outer Worlds, Cyberpunk 2077, Watchdogs, etc.), So that makes 2020 the year of Sci-fi games.
Now, if you take those factors into consideration, and remembering the games you mentioned are popular, their respective developers are kinda giving the users what they want.
TL;DR: Because it's what people want, 2020 will be sci-fi year so these "Decorations" are gaining popularity among the playerbase. | 9 | c7rczn | eshl7g7 | 2019-07-01 15:39:49 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/211820/announcements/detail/1593626234091934844)
[rocket league](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3qh7bjoIY)
[league of legends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqSJKqor6o&feature=youtu.be) | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: It's just a fad, nothing more. People were nostalgic for the 70s back in the 90s and you had a few fads come back, alot of it has to do with faux nostalgia and cultural shifts, nothing more.
Alot of it is also wrongly themed. Vaporwave and Synthwave sounds nothing like actual 80s music from the decade and is more like modern EDM with 80s production values, nothing more. The grid theme only applies to certain aesthetics from that decade, it's all just faux and is more of it's own thing. | 7 | c7rczn | esiu6x3 | 2019-07-01 22:31:27 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/211820/announcements/detail/1593626234091934844)
[rocket league](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3qh7bjoIY)
[league of legends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqSJKqor6o&feature=youtu.be) | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: The stereotypical "80's"/Vaporwave/Synthwave aesthetic has a lot of connotations of summertime: sunglasses and beaches and oceans and palm trees and such. These updates are specifically coming about in the summer, so that may tie into it. There's also Stranger Things releasing its third season in a few days, which is arguably the preeminent piece of 80's nostalgia media and these games may be trying to cash in on that wave. | 4 | c7rczn | esk7cvf | 2019-07-02 07:51:57 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/211820/announcements/detail/1593626234091934844)
[rocket league](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3qh7bjoIY)
[league of legends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqSJKqor6o&feature=youtu.be) | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer:
Two subreddits decided it would be corn meme day. So, redittors followed their "orders", as explained on collegehumor.
>Reddit has been awash in corn memes all day, because r/dankmemes and r/me_irl declared it so. The two represent some of the largest concerted meme communities on the internet, so they DO hold pretty enormous power in "forcing" memes.
http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7057026/reddit-was-flooded-with-corn-memes-today-heres-why | 20 | c7qzvp | eshedpb | 2019-07-01 14:19:43 | true | What's up with corn memes? | Seen many today, specially in r/memes, like this one
https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/c7qxs8/lol_i_get_it_haha/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Anyone knows what it is? | 33 | 2019-07-01 10:37:28 | true |
Answer: The steam summer sale had a broken mechanic allowing you to level up your account using starbound.
Here is the video explaining it.
https://youtu.be/teARLSdxdL0 | 13 | c7t8t4 | eshfw69 | 2019-07-01 14:38:13 | true | What's up with everyone buying Starbound on Steam? |
There is a Steam summer sale going on and people seem to be massively buying Starbound. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph\_of\_players\_in\_starbound/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph_of_players_in_starbound/) . What's going on? There seems to be a new update on it and I know Terraria recently got it's last update but I'm out of the loop on this one? | 45 | 2019-07-01 14:28:46 | true |
Answer: The steam summer sale gives you 10 points for drinking a soda in Starbound. The game doesn’t have a mod restriction so you can get a mod that allows you to get 500 sodas for 1 dirt, by then drinking them with an auto clicker you can farm the points and get an insane amount of experience to level up your steam account. | 81 | c7t8t4 | eshg6u0 | 2019-07-01 14:41:47 | false | What's up with everyone buying Starbound on Steam? |
There is a Steam summer sale going on and people seem to be massively buying Starbound. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph\_of\_players\_in\_starbound/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph_of_players_in_starbound/) . What's going on? There seems to be a new update on it and I know Terraria recently got it's last update but I'm out of the loop on this one? | 45 | 2019-07-01 14:28:46 | true |
Answer:
Background: Pakistan and India are not in good terms officially. Also after the independence from the British and the consequent split up of the country into two. People from each of the two countries see the others as "rival/enemy" in almost all spheres.
Context when it comes to the match between England vs India: If India had won the match it would have pushed Pakistan in to the top 4 and would have helped them qualify. A loss for India would reduce their chances of qualifying for the next round thus/obviously. Due to this, social media in the respective circles was filled with memes and jokes about Pakistan supporting India for a cricket match. | 3 | c7dskh | eshsy6k | 2019-07-01 17:00:08 | false | What's up with the England vs. India Cricket match? | I saw it had like 1000 upvotes but almost 20k comments. Did something happen?
[Source/Link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/c7ajhj/match_thread_38th_match_england_v_india/) | 15 | 2019-06-30 13:29:06 | true |
Answer: It's the Cricket World Cup at the moment. It's like the Soccer World Cup - the big event every four years that all the fans love.
England is currently Number 5 on the table, where only the top four teams go through to the finals, and they only have one more game afterwards to play, so they need a win.
Plus, England and India are very popular teams. | 22 | c7dskh | esemk2v | 2019-06-30 14:09:16 | false | What's up with the England vs. India Cricket match? | I saw it had like 1000 upvotes but almost 20k comments. Did something happen?
[Source/Link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/c7ajhj/match_thread_38th_match_england_v_india/) | 15 | 2019-06-30 13:29:06 | true |
Answer: He made up a sob story about his dad beating and molesting him all his childhood, then someone by the name ChillFam083
saw all the contradictions in his story
Comment:
>Wait, so maybe I’m misjudging here, but according to your post + comment history, you turned 20 a few weeks ago, and you left the house at 18. So you’ve been out for two years. You graduated from Cambridge University in England with 19 credits, AND you just got accepted into UCF a month ago? All in the span of two years? | 10 | c7rt6h | eshv0v8 | 2019-07-01 17:18:51 | false | What’s up with u/littytittycomitee on r/teenagers getting called a manipulative liar and being downvoted? | I saw [this post(ref, Fuck you, Dad.)](https://www.reddit.com/r/teenagers/comments/c7aopk/fuck_you_dad/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ios_share_flow_optimization&utm_term=enabled) just yesterday and saw the overwhelming support that he had. I came back to check up today and found that their posts were being removed and almost all of their comments had been downvoted to oblivion and many users were calling them a liar. Any reason why? | 13 | 2019-07-01 12:12:18 | true |
Answer: He was a streamer who committed suicide | 1 | c5cao2 | eshxlt0 | 2019-07-01 17:42:02 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: He was a huge Youtuber, over the past year ( not 100% sure) he has shown signs of mental illness, around a week ago he uploaded a YT video to his channel basically saying his goodbyes to his fans and friends. His belongings were found on the Manhattan Bridge a couple days ago. This morning the NYPD found his body.
Edit: The [National Suicide Prevention Hotline](http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/) in the U.S. is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-8255. A list of international suicide hotlines can be found [here](http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html). | 2,564 | c5cao2 | es0yicy | 2019-06-25 17:58:57 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTube personality known as Etika who created Nintendo-centric videos
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/25/18714532/desmond-afoah-etika-youtube-nypd-statement | 48 | c5cao2 | es0yj88 | 2019-06-25 17:59:10 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: After posting what was pretty much a suicide note in video form he went missing. A few days later some of his belongings were found on a bridge (I believe in the same city he lived in). A day or two after that (Last night) a body matching his description then today he was positivly ID'd in that tweet from the NYPD. | 134 | c5cao2 | es0ynug | 2019-06-25 18:00:24 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Etika is a well known twitch streamer that's been known to be more than slightly eccentric, might be mentally ill and/or depressed. He's done things like [telling viewers to kill themselves to become immortal](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtikaRedditNetwork/comments/bjf0oo/so_he_basically_said_we_can_kill_ourselves_and/) although some people believe it's just really edgy shock humor. A lot of people also believe [he might be in a cult.](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtikaRedditNetwork/comments/bjbxn6/so_etika_may_be_in_a_cult/)
[He posted a video on wednesday](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtikaRedditNetwork/comments/c30w19/etikas_suicidal_video_was_deleted_this_morning_i/) titled I'm sorry on YouTube (where it was deleted.) His belongings were found on Manhattan Bridge a couple days ago. Today NYPD has reported that [Etika's has been found deceased.](https://twitter.com/nypdnews/status/1143558996172967937?s=21) | 518 | c5cao2 | es0z07k | 2019-06-25 18:03:46 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Etika was a large YouTuber/streamer mainly known for his reactions and videos on various things Nintendo. Last October, he began showing signs of mental illness, and got his Youtube channel, which have more than 600k subscribers deleted after he posted porn on it, while seemingly having a manic episode. He came back after a bit on a new channel, and things kinda died down until around the middle of April, when he had a very similar episode and the same thing happened to his new channel; it getting deleted after he posted porn to it.
After this, he stayed in hospital for a week or so, and when he came back he really tried to downplay it, saying it was just him being edgy. A few days later, at the end of April he had another episode and this time, the NYPD had to come into his apartment and detained him. I believe this was due to someone calling the police and telling them he was suicidal. He was taken to a hospital but released that evening. The next day though he was sent back to a hospital after he got into a physical altercation with a security guard.
During all of this happening, theories started coming up that [he was part of a cult called The Venus Project](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtikaRedditNetwork/comments/bjbxn6/so_etika_may_be_in_a_cult/), but nothing was ever conformed. He had been constantly saying stuff like "We are all gods" and "I am the antichrist", he was clearly not well. [He even did an interview with Keemstar during all of this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM4AqOfDaFQ) He was in there for about two weeks and got out in the middle of May. While he had been released, it didn't seem like he was his normal self.
Everything died down until five days ago, when a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soLy3-j5FBI) on his third YouTube account, [TR1Iceman](https://www.youtube.com/user/TR1Iceman), titled I'm Sorry was posted. It was removed for going against the Youtube community guidelines. The NYPD declared him a missing person, and started looking for him. Three days ago, the NYPD announced they had found a bag of his possessions on the Manhattan Bridge, but not him. Yesterday a body was found in the river that matched his description, and that brings us to today when the NYPD announced that the body had been identified as him.
I hope that covered everything that's happened with him. I should also note that people have decided to petition for YouTube to restore his old channels to memorialize him, and due to the fact that a lot of his old content was lost during the channel deletion. | 10,435 | c5cao2 | es158kr | 2019-06-25 19:03:59 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: he was the Nintendo Badboy. He was a guy who could entertain you 12 even 24 hours live without any preperations. Man i loved this man. Skipped sleep sometime just to watch his live streams. He was not like other people. Just doing his stuff and does not care. But man he was so funny. So happy always. So creative. And since around a year he had problems that got bigger and bigger and he refused to get help. I dont know how much follower he had when is main youtube channel was shut down.
He even made me cry several times in his streams. (Mostly from laughing) Watching his streams was like sitting inside a roller coaster. You have heard of him but you dont know what is comming at you.
I wish all his Familie, friends and fans patience. May he rest in peace. | 29 | c5cao2 | es1hkuz | 2019-06-25 21:09:42 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Keemstar decided to feed his ego by making a video on this mentally unwell chap. He even joked about Etika killing himself to prove to use we do live in a simulation and death isn't scary. I guess Keemstar got what he wanted. His subscriber count is growing more than ever.
What a world we live in. | 11 | c5cao2 | es3118j | 2019-06-26 11:52:03 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/c5baqz/the_nypd_are_tweeting_that_etika_has_been_found/?utm_source=reddit-android | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Basically, he was accused of sexual abuse by his ex. | 8 | c7wfph | eshxyp8 | 2019-07-01 17:45:15 | false | What’s the deal with Slazo? | https://www.youtube.com/user/Slazo567 | 11 | 2019-07-01 17:34:05 | true |
Answer:
[/r/Popheads](https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/c7klq7/popheads_take_on_the_patriarchy_taylor_swift_vs/) has a large megathread that details both sides comments on the issue. | 5 | c7j0lm | esi54m1 | 2019-07-01 18:49:36 | true | What's going on with Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun? | I see #WeStandWithTaylor is trending world wide on Twitter for her Grammy Speech, and I understand it has something to do with Scooter Braun but, what exactly is it? I can't put two and two together...
This is an example of a tweet: https://twitter.com/Swiftness13/status/1145419834777309189?s=19 | 201 | 2019-06-30 20:17:16 | true |
Answer: I'm a little hazy on the facts and going to be skipping over a bit, but Immortals bought OpTic and there was general concern that their Call of Duty team was going to be disbanded. Immortals said that the CoD team is not going to break up and that relieved a lot of their fans. Fast forward to today when Immortals tweeted out that they successfully bought the LA franchise spot. When H3CZ tweeted that out, a lot of fans are now worried that the current CoD team will now be disbanded going into next season. That's the general idea of it I believe. | 1 | c7xir2 | esic4u1 | 2019-07-01 19:54:03 | false | What's going on with Optic Gaming's recent announcement for the LA CDL franchise spot and their CEO's response? | [The announcement](https://twitter.com/OpTicGaming/status/1145738839413133312)
[CEO's response](https://twitter.com/OpTicH3CZ/status/1145744301793644544)
​
I'm really confused as to what the fuss is about? | 5 | 2019-07-01 18:25:36 | true |
Answer: They used to be a British colony. Colony might not be the correct term but it was under British rule. China loaned Hong Kong to to Britain for 99 years in 1898. In 1997 it ran out and Hong Kong was handed back to China under the condition it could rule itself for a time. 50 years I think. China initially let it, but now no longer wants to wait and is pushing to have power to extradite people out of Hong Kong. The people don't want China to have this power, hence the protests. | 95 | c7z9so | esidhzl | 2019-07-01 20:06:51 | false | What's going on with Hong Kong protestors holding up the British Colonialism flag? | Reference here:
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/07/01/breaking-hong-kong-protesters-storm-legislature-breaking-glass-doors-prying-gates-open/ | 63 | 2019-07-01 19:55:37 | true |
Answer:
Hong Kong has been protesting a government proposal to send (mainland) Chinese political(?) criminals back to (mainland) China, fearing it will open the door to (mainland) Chinese influence, which they don't like as Hing Kong is pretty much a Liberal Capitalist Democracy while (mainland) China is a Totalitarian Communist State. Since Hong Kong was once occupied by Britain not too long ago, many protestors (possibly insincerely) might prefer living under British rule than Chinese rule, since Britain is closer in similarity to Hong Kong than China.
Question: How well was Hong Kong under British rule? | 13 | c7z9so | esj0xgr | 2019-07-01 23:32:13 | false | What's going on with Hong Kong protestors holding up the British Colonialism flag? | Reference here:
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/07/01/breaking-hong-kong-protesters-storm-legislature-breaking-glass-doors-prying-gates-open/ | 63 | 2019-07-01 19:55:37 | true |
Answer: he's a cartoonist who makes cartoons about many controversial social issues. He is openly anti-feminist, anti-SJW, anti-trans, etc. Because of this, people call him a Nazi but anyone who has actually seen his comics knows he isn't. | -4 | c7japi | esietay | 2019-07-01 20:19:02 | false | What's the deal with stonetoss? | https://www.reddit.com/r/dontputyourdickinthat/comments/c7brot/dont_do_it/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
This post got tons of comments about stonetoss. I guess its the cartoons creator? But i can't find what he has done. | 23 | 2019-06-30 20:41:57 | true |
Answer: He is a cartoon artist that produces cartoons of various quality on various different subjects. From my understanding, he's pretty much Nazi, or at least he's believed to be. He's very open with how far Right he is, and is highly negative of the Left. He's done numerous things in the past that many associate with Nazism, and when commenting on people believing he's an alt-right Nazi, he has never explicitly denied it. | 51 | c7japi | esfkrsf | 2019-06-30 21:03:14 | false | What's the deal with stonetoss? | https://www.reddit.com/r/dontputyourdickinthat/comments/c7brot/dont_do_it/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
This post got tons of comments about stonetoss. I guess its the cartoons creator? But i can't find what he has done. | 23 | 2019-06-30 20:41:57 | true |
Answer: Stonetoss is a fascist comic artist who uses his "humorous" comics to try and spread his political views. A lot of his comics tend to touch on the subjects of racism, homophobia and eugenics, among others. [This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/antifastonetoss/comments/aufhv2/how_we_know_stonetoss_is_a_fascist/) on /r/antifastonetoss, a subreddit dedicated to editing his comics to promote anti-fascist messages, explains everything he's done in the past and why a lot of people hate him. It also includes a link to some of his comics, along with captions explaining the "message" of each of them. | 34 | c7japi | esfmbq6 | 2019-06-30 21:20:52 | true | What's the deal with stonetoss? | https://www.reddit.com/r/dontputyourdickinthat/comments/c7brot/dont_do_it/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
This post got tons of comments about stonetoss. I guess its the cartoons creator? But i can't find what he has done. | 23 | 2019-06-30 20:41:57 | true |
Answer: I’m pretty sure the meme is referencing the fact that for pride month all corporations jump on the bandwagon of pride then as soon as the months over they go back to the way they are and stop giving a shit about anyone who is lgbt | 60 | c808lb | esim1oj | 2019-07-01 21:21:12 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: There’s not a specific incident that these memes are referring to, but they echo the common sentiment that popular companies use pride month to advertise their products rather than to celebrate the LGBT community.
Big name companies such as McDonalds, Uber, Google, etc. have all come out in favor of the LGBT community every June, but then they remain quiet about it for the rest of the year, starting in July. This makes many believe they’re doing so to cheaply and quickly appeal to a wider demographic instead of actually caring about the people they say they represent. | 41 | c808lb | esim3vk | 2019-07-01 21:21:42 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: The accusation being made is that many corporations were only pandering to LGBT issues during pride month, and have stopped pretending to care now that it's over.
As an anecdote, I've seen similar sentiments expressed by both progressives and social conservatives, although the latter were not limited to pride month. | 15 | c808lb | esinne5 | 2019-07-01 21:34:41 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: The past pride month many corporations have changed their logo to a rainbow flag version and sent out some tweets supporting LGBT. A lot of people think it was a simple marketing strategy now that supporting LGBT is mainstream and that the corporations don't actually care about LGBT people.
Now that pride month is over people make memes about corporations ditching their latest marketing strategy. | 5 | c808lb | esk8yxq | 2019-07-02 08:20:24 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: \[This is copy-pasted from the last time a similar question was asked and edited slightly, by the way.\]
In previous pokemon games, you could transfer any Pokemon in, but now only ones in the Galar Dex (or ones that are available to catch in the new games, Sword and Shield, which take place in a region called Galar) can be transferred. The people who made the announcement said it was because of technical limitations, but several people have seemingly proven that this isn’t the case. Standing theories are that Pokemon are being excluded because of laziness and that Nintendo/Game Freak plans to release DLC packs including more pokemon.
The phrase ‘every pokemon is somebody’s favorite pokemon’ is being passed around, because some worry that they won’t be able to transfer theirs into the new game. People plan to boycott it, and stuff.
The removal of some Pokemon is being called Dexit, partially because the region that the game takes place in is based on England (Or the UK in general), most likely, and because of the obvious Pokédex/Dex+Exit pun.
PokemonDeservesBetter is a hashtag calling out Game Freak’s aforementioned supposed laziness. Some of the graphics and animation in the new game doesn‘t look up to par. | 66 | c807zn | esim7bg | 2019-07-01 21:22:30 | false | What's going on with Pokemon and, Game Freak, and #PokemonDeservesBetter? | I just saw this on Twitter and couldn't figure out what is was or where it came from
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag\_click](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag_click)
[https://www.pokemon.com/us/a-message-for-pokemon-video-game-fans/?cid=&utm\_source=tw&utm\_medium=social&utm\_campaign=SwordShield&utm\_term=Statement](https://www.pokemon.com/us/a-message-for-pokemon-video-game-fans/?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SwordShield&utm_term=Statement)
Also the NationalDex? | 39 | 2019-07-01 21:12:04 | true |
Answer: So as the other commenter mentioned, the producers of the main pokemon games, GameFreak, announced that they would not allow all pokemon from past games to be transfered into Sword and Sheild, listing technical limitations and balance issues as reasons why. In past games, there were a limited number of pokemon to catch around the region in which the game took place, which were logged in the 'regional pokedex,' but pokemon from other regions could be transfered in by various methods, allowing all the pokemon to be logged in a 'National Pokedex' or 'National dex' for short -the main list of all the pokemon, even those not normally catchable in game. So in Pergamon Sun and Moon, for instance, the Pokemon Porygon was not catchable in game, but by connecting to Pokemon Bank, a porygon from Pokemon X or Y version, or even a game earlier in the series via consecutive transfers could be brought into Sun and Moon and used to battle.
Fans have dissected the reasoning given for this choice to bits. Game director Masuda explains that they required to many 'high quality animations' for all the past pokemon for them to be brought back. Fans pointed out that not only are the animations extremely simplistic, they are also re-used from previous games. Masuda explains that high quality textures are an issue. Fans point out that not only are pokemon models and textures re-used from previous games, but the world environments are extremely low resolution, too. Masuda says that the new mechanic, Dynamaxing, means that certian pokemon had to be excluded to maintain game balance. Fans point out that Gamefreak has never provided an especially large interest to balancing the game before, and has in the past banned pokemon from certain modes of online play to prevent issues in the past.
With all this ill will towards GameFreak circulating, fans have begun to point out other aspects of the game that have been slipping for years. Features like the Battle Frontier, Difficulty settings, seasons, and Secret Bases have been cut. Z-Moves from the last set of games felt like a poor excuse to make a gimick for the sake of making a new gimmick, while the more well received Mega Evolution feature hasn't been elaborated on since the generation that introduced it and now has been cut altogether. Stories have become more simplistic over time. Pokemon games developed by other studios, like Pokemon Stadium or Pokemon: Battle Revolution used much more expressive animations than the ones GameFreak seems to be struggling with. Pokemon games have become less fully featured over time, and fans have been excusing it for years. This time around, the removal of many pokemon from the game entirely has been the straw that broke the camel's back and brought all the other issues with the series back into the fanbase's eye. Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time, so fans reason they should be making much more fully featured games.
Additionally, their competence as game developers has been brought into question outside of bad game choices. They claim that bringing all the past pokemon into a new game is too resource consuming, but those familiar with porting models/animations to/from Nintendo games have estimated it would take a team of ~20 people something like 2 weeks, on the generous side. Data miners found very strange programing choices inside of Pokemon Sun and Moon for the 3DS, finding that certain characters were programmed into the game many times for seemingly no reason, and that during pokemon battles (which had noticeable framerate issues in these games compared to the other 3DS games using the same engine) data for the pokemon would be encrypted and unencrypted hundreds of times a minute for seemingly no reason, badly damaging performance. Pokemon models are stored in ways thay aren't industry standard (hands and faces are broken up into different objects in the game's files in strange ways) and potentially suboptimal.
**TL;DR** GameFreak made major cuts to the newest pokemon games, which have brought to light all the other little ways they've been subtly degrading the series for years. | 26 | c807zn | esj99uj | 2019-07-02 00:48:56 | false | What's going on with Pokemon and, Game Freak, and #PokemonDeservesBetter? | I just saw this on Twitter and couldn't figure out what is was or where it came from
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag\_click](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag_click)
[https://www.pokemon.com/us/a-message-for-pokemon-video-game-fans/?cid=&utm\_source=tw&utm\_medium=social&utm\_campaign=SwordShield&utm\_term=Statement](https://www.pokemon.com/us/a-message-for-pokemon-video-game-fans/?cid=&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SwordShield&utm_term=Statement)
Also the NationalDex? | 39 | 2019-07-01 21:12:04 | true |
Answer: it currently says
>Putting up walls to avoid banned sub immigrants and refugees like true 'Muricans.
There have been multiple alt-right subreddits banned recently, and after such subreddits are banned, subreddits with an edgy sense of humor usually see an influx of users from those subreddits, and sooner than later end up banned themselves. Many of these targeted subreddits have chosen to go private to prevent such an invasion. Since 4chan's edgy sense of humor caused the actual website to become a hub of alt-right culture, /r/4chan's edgy sense of humor would make the subreddit a primary target for the the 'edgy sense of humor' displayed on recently banned subreddits like /r/frenworld where racism and homophobia were blanketed under a thin veiner of irony. | 268 | c82hkb | esjc94k | 2019-07-02 01:17:23 | false | What's up with r/4chan set to private? | https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/ | 143 | 2019-07-02 00:37:14 | true |
Answer: New gimmick. New viewers who don't know his old content don't know who's the person behind ai angel. I'm guessing this new persona format works better for him and he wants to keep his channel mysterious. (In his ai angel videos he acts as if she took over the channel) | 3 | c7nomd | esjigoj | 2019-07-02 02:17:31 | false | What's up with RogueShadow's change to Ai Angel? | So I recently tried to find some old rogue shadow video I remembered and realized it was deleted or privated (the first I paid a anime voice actor to play vrchat) which when I found his channel again it was now named Ai Angel and something about project/Angelica. I want to know any info about the change like when and why and also why basically his whole youtube channel is just privated videos.
The channel: [https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRogueShadow1](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRogueShadow1) | 9 | 2019-07-01 03:44:21 | true |
Answer: a while back a user by the name of u/waterguy12 made a post on r/me_irl saying he was going off wifi for a while, and that we wanted people to tag him in good memes. Thousands of notifications later, u/waterguy12 because a massive meme. In response, u/fireguy12 and a few others were made as rival accounts. | 10 | c83slu | esjlk5e | 2019-07-02 02:51:01 | false | What's going on with u/fireguy12 and u/waterguy12? | Seen a lot of posts in r/me_irl such as these:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/me\_irl/comments/c7fxq1/me\_irl/](https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/c7fxq1/me_irl/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/me\_irl/comments/c7zz26/meirl/](https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/c7zz26/meirl/) | 5 | 2019-07-02 02:45:50 | true |
Answer: it appears to be some new way to jerk off and create an intense orgasm. I don't recommend trying it though, as it could cause hypoxia and fainting. | 10 | c84dqe | esjtqy6 | 2019-07-02 04:28:14 | false | What's up with the Major Tom jerk off technique? | Woke up and been seeing these types of posts everywhere
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/c7tvd4/tifu_by_taking_jerkoff_advice_from_reddit | 0 | 2019-07-02 03:46:40 | true |
Answer: Auto erotic asphyxiation is a method of jerking off where you choke yourself while fapping to feel really really good. Now, it is tragically a common method of suicide, and is often seen as humiliating to the family. People do it to just jerk of, but it is super super dangerous and may lead to death. | 1 | c84dqe | eso4plq | 2019-07-03 13:14:11 | false | What's up with the Major Tom jerk off technique? | Woke up and been seeing these types of posts everywhere
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/c7tvd4/tifu_by_taking_jerkoff_advice_from_reddit | 0 | 2019-07-02 03:46:40 | true |
Answer:
Pepe the Frog started out as a creation by artist Matt Furie, as a part of his *Boys' Club* comic.
Pepe's "feels good man" comic was posted on 4chan and was amusing enough to be spread as a meme, with people editing Pepe into various situations.
Sadly for Pepe, as 4chan became more and more involved with the alt-right, Pepe memes tended to become more and more associated with it too. Pepe became a symbol of 4chan, but 4chan (or perhaps - specific boards of 4chan - there are sections of it less insane for various reasons) was a symbol of the worst parts of the internet.
As such, Pepe was eventually noted as a hate symbol by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and his own creator, Matt Furie, officially drew him twice more:
Once, [dreaming of his nightmare turning into Trump](https://thenib.com/pepe-the-frog-to-sleep-perchance-to-meme)
And finally [dead, at his funeral](https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/05/07/matt-furie-killed-off-pepe-frog-free-comic-book-day/), surrounded by his living friends sending him off.
RIP Pepe.
edit: corrected what SPLC stands for. | 43 | c858dq | esk0oh5 | 2019-07-02 06:04:51 | true | What’s the deal with Pepe the frog being a Nazi? | I keep seeing memes about Pepe being a Nazi and I know absolutely no context about it. When and why did this happen I love the little sad frog.
[Example](https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchRedditDie/comments/c7bfe7/ahs_be_like/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) | 3 | 2019-07-02 05:20:08 | true |
Answer: As /u/sarded said, he was an innocent cartoon character that was co-opted by the Alt-Right and neo-Nazis.
However I would also like to add, that the comic in question is made by Stonetoss, an avowed racist and anti SJW/left comic artist. They are most likely the same person that made the RedPanels comics, another racist and Alt-Right-esque.
Here is another OOTL thread showcasing and explaining their unabashed racism and alt-right leanings. https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/afzqrm/what_is_the_deal_with_stonetoss/ | 7 | c858dq | esnlwj8 | 2019-07-03 07:13:08 | true | What’s the deal with Pepe the frog being a Nazi? | I keep seeing memes about Pepe being a Nazi and I know absolutely no context about it. When and why did this happen I love the little sad frog.
[Example](https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchRedditDie/comments/c7bfe7/ahs_be_like/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) | 3 | 2019-07-02 05:20:08 | true |
Answer: On June 28, 1969, the first major LGBT protest in the United States happened at the Stonewall Inn, in New York City. A bar that was commonly used by gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people got raided by the police, but this time they fought back. Their violent protest against laws that made serving drinks to gay people illegal, and homophobia in general helped spark the gay rights movement.
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In 1970, a bisexual woman, Brenda Howard, organized a parade on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, and began organizing what would eventually become Pride, a celebration of LGBT culture and society that occurs every June. (Just as Black History Month occurs in February, or Women's History Month occurs in March.)
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Gay pride parades, festivals, and other cultural events are generally held in June every year.
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Now, in recent years, many corporations like to sponsor Pride Parades, have rainbow logos during the month of June, and otherwise make an effort to seem to support the LGBT community. But many feel that the companies are doing so out of a desire to seem trendy and convince LGBT people to buy their products more than a genuine desire to support their community. Many of the corporations that support gay people in June, also give a lot of money to politicians who oppose gay rights. (Though that is generally because the overlap of "Votes pro-corporation" and "Votes anti-gay rights" is almost total in the United States.)
So the meme linked to above is joking that once June is over, and it's no longer trendy or hip to be supporting the LGBT community, most corporations cease to do so. | 71 | c86er9 | esk7lsi | 2019-07-02 07:56:20 | false | What's the deal with pride month? | I've seen a lot of memes about it lately, but what is it? https://imgur.com/a/yGQ04r2 | 11 | 2019-07-02 07:46:22 | true |
Answer: June has been named as pride month and many corporations have added their "support" by putting up rainbow versions of their logos and sponsoring some groups in pride parades. There has been criticism that they are only doing this because they want to seem hip and to expand their customer base. Now that June is over they will likely go back to ignoring the gay community as they had before. | 8 | c86er9 | esl4p7x | 2019-07-02 14:52:30 | false | What's the deal with pride month? | I've seen a lot of memes about it lately, but what is it? https://imgur.com/a/yGQ04r2 | 11 | 2019-07-02 07:46:22 | true |
Answer: It was a subreddit for the "clown world" meme, the idea that the world is becoming crazy - thus full of clowns. However it is mostly a far-right meme, so the crazyness of the world is always something like LGBTQ, feminists, minorities etc existing. So most of the sub was just hatred. I don't know the exact thing that got them banned, but far-right subs in general have been getting banned or quarantined all over the place lately.
Edit: [Here is a small collection of some of their "hits" as an example of what I'm talking about.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TopMindsOfReddit/comments/bjghob/repost_in_honor_of_our_brigaders_heres_a_writeup/) | 2,886 | c86i5l | eskdfzc | 2019-07-02 09:46:44 | true | What’s going on with r/Honkler and what was the Subreddit about? | The post I have seen claim that it has been banned. Does anyone know the reasoning for this?
Example post: https://www.reddit.com/r/TopMindsOfReddit/comments/c80ipk/rhonkler_has_been_banned_we_truly_do_live_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ios_share_flow_optimization&utm_term=control_1 | 3,021 | 2019-07-02 07:59:35 | true |
Answer: This is just banter between the runners, Keiz is known to go overestimate on his run and Eddaket likes to give him shit for it. Keiz is given the second controller as a joke so that he can finally be underestimate. The sticker seems like an inside joke to laugh at Keiz. | 4 | c84cf2 | eskrg0b | 2019-07-02 12:53:10 | false | What's up with a couch commentator got a head stamp on SGDQ 2019? | https://youtu.be/5IqwIBNPMGo?t=11829
On 3:17:09, someone on the couch got a stamp at the head. Does anyone know what does that mean? | 5 | 2019-07-02 03:42:47 | true |
Answer:
'Ungodly' is a pretty good word for those weird mobile game ads!
Imagine a small team of game developers (without marketing people) from a non-Western country who are trying to make an ad that will catch the attention of people from the West.
* They probably don't want to spend too much time or money on the marketing.
* They probably don't know or care about current video game marketing conventions in the West
* Their written English skills probably aren't the greatest.
* They hire native English-speaking actors and voice-over people from Fiverr or wherever to perform the English dialogue they've written, and it the outcome is kind of stilted and unnatural
* They feel that they need to be "controversial, infuriating, opaque or obtuse" in their ad (as the other person said) - but keep in mind, they're coming from a non-Western perspective while trying to target a Western audience. So things can get really odd really quickly. For example, maybe they're trying to be transgressive about some sort of Western value or another, but from our perspective the end result is just really bizarre, and kind of misses the mark. | 2 | c7i2ee | esl2qv6 | 2019-07-02 14:35:25 | false | What is up with this ungodly ad? | What is this unholy piece of shit about, it make no sense it infuriates me.
1st version.
https://youtu.be/Ecl9zN7C_Bs
2nd version.
https://youtu.be/v7mzDGS9tgk
The way the guy fucks up something so simple, the "You're mine Josh not you girlfriend's, not God's, you're mine!" Is so creepy, and the texts make no sense, makes me wanna go insane. | 19 | 2019-06-30 18:53:52 | true |
Answer: it’s an advertisement and you’re thinking about it as well as talking about it on the internet. Being intentionally controversial, infuriating, opaque or obtuse in advertising are tried and tested methods of getting people to speak or think about the product or service being advertised, which leads to word of mouth/ internet posts (i.e greater distribution of the advertisement at no additional cost).
TLDR - It’s annoyed you because it was engineered to annoy you, and now you’re thinking about it and getting other people on the internet to see it, so it worked.
[edit] additional, not addition. | 27 | c7i2ee | esfogv0 | 2019-06-30 21:45:37 | false | What is up with this ungodly ad? | What is this unholy piece of shit about, it make no sense it infuriates me.
1st version.
https://youtu.be/Ecl9zN7C_Bs
2nd version.
https://youtu.be/v7mzDGS9tgk
The way the guy fucks up something so simple, the "You're mine Josh not you girlfriend's, not God's, you're mine!" Is so creepy, and the texts make no sense, makes me wanna go insane. | 19 | 2019-06-30 18:53:52 | true |
Answer: a piece of entertainment software available on at least one of the major mobile OS app stores.
It’s on the title of the linked videos.
Presumably the advertisement is trying to imply the product is so engrossing even sms messages won’t distract you from it. It appears of mediocre quality both conceptually as well as in execution and is largely unremarkable, other than bordering on being annoying as it utilises common default mobile OS alert sounds and nonsense fictional texts. | 12 | c7i2ee | esfrogb | 2019-06-30 22:22:50 | false | What is up with this ungodly ad? | What is this unholy piece of shit about, it make no sense it infuriates me.
1st version.
https://youtu.be/Ecl9zN7C_Bs
2nd version.
https://youtu.be/v7mzDGS9tgk
The way the guy fucks up something so simple, the "You're mine Josh not you girlfriend's, not God's, you're mine!" Is so creepy, and the texts make no sense, makes me wanna go insane. | 19 | 2019-06-30 18:53:52 | true |
Answer: started with Max Holloway (UFC fighter), who challenged John Mayer to do the same. Mayer did and then challenged Statham, and so forth and so on.
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/07/02/bottle-cap-challenge-jason-statham-john-mayer/1625956001/ | 17 | c8a0vf | esl3xd4 | 2019-07-02 14:45:54 | true | What's going on with videos of people kicking caps off of bottles? | I keep seeing videos of people trying to spin kick caps off of bottles for some inexplicable reason. These videos keep popping up on Reddit and elsewhere. I actually just glanced at the local news and the morning hosts had a guy on the show trying to kick a cap off of a bottle.
Is this just some new trend/irl meme like planking and dabbing? Is there a point or an origin story to this?
Jason Statham kicking a cap off a bottle:
https://youtu.be/vGr_QQe_aAw | 14 | 2019-07-02 14:40:36 | true |
Answer: outcry of violence in media has been a thing since media existed. This is a modern parody of that. | -10 | c8ax5c | esld8tt | 2019-07-02 16:06:45 | false | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be ironically upset about violent images on Hearthstone cards but what triggered this, and why are people so upset? | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: I haven't seen the specific examples, but my answer is based on context within the subreddit.
This is probably related to Chinese censorship laws. It looks like some card art (probably from the recently announced new set) was censored in Chinese versions of the game for being "too violent." That sub will tend to respond satirically when censorship issues are raised (such as past instances of removing cleavage from certain characters' art). | 5 | c8ax5c | esldulp | 2019-07-02 16:11:56 | false | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be ironically upset about violent images on Hearthstone cards but what triggered this, and why are people so upset? | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: you can see Before & After pairings of the changed cards here -- https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c7wp5f/all_card_art_updates_hearthstone_july_update/
In two cases, the card name was changed along with the art. The "Succubus" card was removed entirely & replaced with the functionally identical "Felstalker" -- still a 4/3 demon for (2) mana, still has "Battlecry: Discard a card from your hand". Also the "Mistress of Pain" was retitled as "Queen of Pain"
A few clarifications about what some peeps have said ITT:
* Blizzard has not said *why* they're making these changes; they simply said "here are some changes". The "Chinese government" explanation is one possibility; another is that they decided toning down images of violence & sexuality is more on-brand for a game often marketed at children.
* The card art changes took many players by surprise, and with few exceptions ("here's some free card packs, no reason, just enjoy") gamers often distrust surprises. Unlike some other changes made in yesterday's 14.6 patch, such as sending two cards to the Hall of Fame and introducing a handful of new Classic cards, Blizzard had not previously announced the card art changes.
* All of the changed cards were from previous sets, in some cases going all the back to the Basic / Classic sets. All art from the newly announced Saviors of Uldum expansion presumably will not have any issues with explicit sexuality or violence before being released to the public. | 32 | c8ax5c | eslnxim | 2019-07-02 17:34:51 | true | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be ironically upset about violent images on Hearthstone cards but what triggered this, and why are people so upset? | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: in addition to some answers already posted, there is also the change in *eviscerate’s* card art, where they just removed a little blood spatter (in fact it took me a while to see it because it’s so small). [Blizzard has also said that these art changes were made because they weren’t up to their modern standards,](https://out.reddit.com/t3_c8fdas?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcgamer.com%2Fhearthstone-card-art-changes%2F&token=AQAA918cXeFWn3wDUOh-FUkabhusGOP0-AMFM1uVO4HGtB53NHH8&app_name=mweb2x) which makes them appear to be moral guardians, especially in regards to *eviscerate* | 3 | c8ax5c | esnlr3f | 2019-07-03 07:09:43 | true | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be ironically upset about violent images on Hearthstone cards but what triggered this, and why are people so upset? | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: at a guess, potentially something to do with Stranger Things season 3, which is set in 1985, and Windows 1.0 came out in 1985 as well. Only problem being that Windows was in November whilst ST is July... | 200 | c8bu0t | eslrsn5 | 2019-07-02 18:06:48 | false | What's going on with Windows? | Windows has been tweeting some weird stuff like this: https://twitter.com/windows/status/1145731141695168512?s=21
and they have been replying to tweets saying things like "Windows 1.0 coming soon" Does anyone know what this is about? | 183 | 2019-07-02 17:09:21 | true |
Answer: Rapinoe is an open lesbian and very politically outspoken. She hates Trump because of his policies against the LGBT community and the accusations about his treatment of women. Trump hates Rapinoe because she continues to protest the national anthem, and because she preemptively rejected an invite to the White House. | 48 | c8c7n7 | eslrvas | 2019-07-02 18:07:24 | false | What's the deal with Donald Trump and soccer player Megan Rapinoe? | Saw [an article](https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/sue-bird-megan-rapinoe-uswnt?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-playerstribune&utm_content=later-2659711&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram) by her girlfriend Sue Bird this morning about the president hating Rapinoe. Did Rapinoe do anything to provoke him or did the president just tweet something about this so it became a big story? | 26 | 2019-07-02 17:39:37 | true |
Answer: Did you try reading the article that you linked? | 21 | c8cn71 | eslywbv | 2019-07-02 19:14:31 | false | What’s going on with Andrew Yang? | https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/01/andrew-yang-nbc-turned-off-my-mic-n2549174
Edit: I haven't heard much else about him prior to this incident for a while now. Is he just not getting enough media coverage or advertising out there or what? | 542 | 2019-07-02 18:13:53 | true |
Answer: He received the least airtime of all 20 candidates by quite a lot. I believe he had half the time of the person with the next least amount of time, as documented by many sources ([here's one](https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-first-2020-democratic-primary-debate/)).
After the debate, he had a meeting with his followers, in which he said, among other things, that the mic was off when he wasn't called on. In the morning, he mentioned it again on Twitter in the context of apologizing to his followers for not being aggressive enough and being unprepared for the apparent necessity of jumping in and speaking over people.
Some of his supporters found video evidence appearing to show Yang speaking and not being heard, raising his hand, speaking, sort of frowning, and then giving up.
This is notable in that every other candidate was constantly breaking in and was completely audible from the first words they spoke.
Some of his supporters have suggested a conspiracy, but most are just upset that they didn't call on him *and* fucked up his mic.
NBC denies having ever turned off anyone's microphone.
Here is one source: [https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/andrew-yang-claims-nbc-debate-microphone-off/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/andrew-yang-claims-nbc-debate-microphone-off/index.html)
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(sorry if this is double posted. I can't tell. The automod deleted the first one, but I can still see it.) | 96 | c8cn71 | esmyvzz | 2019-07-03 01:47:33 | true | What’s going on with Andrew Yang? | https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/01/andrew-yang-nbc-turned-off-my-mic-n2549174
Edit: I haven't heard much else about him prior to this incident for a while now. Is he just not getting enough media coverage or advertising out there or what? | 542 | 2019-07-02 18:13:53 | true |
Answer: It comes from the hentai site nhentai which uses a number system to categorize the content on the website so if you go to nhentai.net/g/(number) you get the content they are talking about. | 5 | c8d1mi | eslz9q3 | 2019-07-02 19:17:55 | false | What's up with the numbers in r/animemes? | What's up with numbers in r/animemes?
Memes where they mention numbers for sauce or something.
Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/c899yi/ordering_takeaway_food_it_is/
How are they used? | 10 | 2019-07-02 18:45:20 | true |
Answer: "177013" is the nhentai (NSFW btw) URL number of a long, depressing hentai manga called METAMORPHOSIS. The manga, which features things such as incest, impregnation, drugs, vomit and snuff, has become popular meme material on r/animemes, so many people are making memes about it using its URL number, 177013, instead of naming it outright. | 8 | c8d1mi | esm02iw | 2019-07-02 19:24:58 | false | What's up with the numbers in r/animemes? | What's up with numbers in r/animemes?
Memes where they mention numbers for sauce or something.
Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/c899yi/ordering_takeaway_food_it_is/
How are they used? | 10 | 2019-07-02 18:45:20 | true |
Answer: It's Emotional Advertising, and In this case its dumb.
It's dumb because its a 2 minute advert that has literally nothing to do with subway until the very end.
People are annoyed because it's such a pointless ad, who wants to feel emotional about Subway. It's just a sandwich shop and it just doesn't fit. | 3 | c82096 | esm826g | 2019-07-02 20:41:19 | false | What's up with this subway ad? | I am extremely out of the loop on this one! There is apparently some cinematic ad out there and some people are angry about it, some even boycotting Subway?? I even watched the ad myself and I literally just see a cinematic piece about some kid growing up and going to Subway. I see no message whatsoever in this video. Am I missing something??
Clip link here: https://youtu.be/iIpCYnT4a0U
What did I not catch here? | 10 | 2019-07-01 23:50:53 | true |
Answer: It seems to be a response to Kotaku's article they published yesterday about his apology for filming in an E3 bathroom - it was a relatively negative article.
The original article is written by Nathan Grayson: https://kotaku.com/dr-disrespect-apologizes-for-e3-bathroom-stream-on-beha-1836021931
He made fun of Grayson in a previous tweet: https://twitter.com/drdisrespect/status/1146067895178240001
Seems to be Doc's usual "Shtick" to be an asshole (disrespect people) for entertainment also helps that Kotaku writers are widely hated on the web.
Edit: I feel like I should disclaim that I actually like Kotaku and am fond of some of their articles - I've done my best to answer unbiased | 43 | c8eo18 | esme9uq | 2019-07-02 21:41:04 | true | What’s going on with Dr. Disrespect and Jason Schreier? | Dr. Disrespect’s tweet:
https://twitter.com/drdisrespect/status/1146067985972416512?s=21
Jason’s response:
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1146072351349645312?s=21 | 45 | 2019-07-02 20:34:55 | true |
Answer: Using a google search that excluded the past week, I still found sporadic controversies about the Betsy Ross flag. For instance, [here is an article on the most prominent example,](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/15/does-americas-first-flag-symbolize-exclusion-and-hate-like-this-mich-school-superintendent-said/?utm_term=.3ca580c9d78a) where a group of high school Trump supporters waved both a Trump campaign banner and the Betsy Ross flag at a local football game in 2016. The claim that it was a racist symbol appears to be based on its association with the Trump supporters and alleges its use hearkens back to a time when slavery was legal. From that perspective, claims that it's about supporting the Founding Fathers or American Ideals may seem as unconvincing as claims that the Confederate flag is about supporting Southern Pride or States' Rights.
From a cultural perspective, I don't see the Betsy Ross flag flown or used almost anywhere except in period pieces, so it's not surprising if that sort of association and/or a few not-newsworthy intersections of right-wing support and using the Betsy Ross flag are enough to poison the well, so to speak.
Bias-ish: [Here is another article](https://bullshit.ist/racism-is-not-static-racism-is-not-encased-in-amber-f1492dfbb4e7?gi=857830dbc3ac#.z75mwl7gg) on the usage of the Betsy Ross flag and how at least in the Forest Hill incident, it was meant to be used as a symbol of racial division, because the high school students knew that the message sent by the Betsy Ross flag was mixed and that the message of hearkening back to a "better time" (when discrimination was rampant) could be defended by claiming patriotism. And [Here is an article](https://flagpolesetc.com/blog/the-betsy-ross-flag-is-not-a-symbol-of-racism-opinion-article) claiming that the Betsy Ross flag isn't racist, arguing that all American flags should be flown with pride and that the Betsy Ross flag cannot symbolize racism just because it was created when racism was rampant. | 91 | c8fd0q | esmehzu | 2019-07-02 21:43:23 | true | What’s the deal with the Betsy Ross flag? When did it become associated with slavery? (i.e. Nike, Kaepernick) | How exactly is the flag associated with a history of slavery?
Was it not the rallying flag in the 1770s during the American Revolution that united the 13 original colonies under a common flag in the fight for freedom from the British?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-nixes-betsy-ross-flag-sneaker-after-colin-kaepernick-intervenes-11562024126 | 119 | 2019-07-02 21:31:46 | true |
Answer: The only answer you need is that at the time the flag was used, slavery was legal. That is the only association.
Contemporary uses do not matter. If I use it to wipe my butt, does it make it toilet paper? It's the same as the Ok symbol, where "At some point, somewhere, someone bad used it, so it was tarnished forever and retroactively" | 27 | c8fd0q | esnsawm | 2019-07-03 09:55:11 | false | What’s the deal with the Betsy Ross flag? When did it become associated with slavery? (i.e. Nike, Kaepernick) | How exactly is the flag associated with a history of slavery?
Was it not the rallying flag in the 1770s during the American Revolution that united the 13 original colonies under a common flag in the fight for freedom from the British?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-nixes-betsy-ross-flag-sneaker-after-colin-kaepernick-intervenes-11562024126 | 119 | 2019-07-02 21:31:46 | true |
Answer: people digging up old clips of keem making fun of Etikas mental health. | 18 | c8f2r8 | esmiby8 | 2019-07-02 22:24:10 | false | What’s going on with Keemstar and Etika? Why are people mad at Keemstar? | https://twitter.com/mr_rsmash/status/1146047645816766464?s=21
What happened with Keemstar? Apparently he did something regarding Etika’s passing and people are mad. What’s going on? | 14 | 2019-07-02 21:07:53 | true |
Answer: Basically, before Etika's passing, Keemstar was shitting on Etika as much as possible. Basically either saying he was doing it for attention, or whatever. And ever since he died, he has been in full Etika mode. Basically only talking about him and his passing, and milking it.
And recently he announced that he was hosting a smash tournament in Etika's honor. And Mr. R is basically just saying not to join the tournament and join on Keemstar's milking of someone's death.
Keemstar is also a huge piece of shit in other areas, so its a good idea to try and distance yourself from him anyways.
Here are some examples of Keem being a piece of shit with Etika.
https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1081/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-26-at-2.23.50-PM.png
https://resize.rbl.ms/simage/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.rbl.ms%2F19613231%2F980x.jpg/980%2C900/xRRruUGrb7r%2FLYVk/img.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D97LlXvU0AAmxum.jpg
And here Keemstar is doing damage control, while also not apologizing for anything.
https://i0.wp.com/metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/keemstar-etika-tweet-022d.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=540%2C221&ssl=1
https://i.redd.it/e7f6wdpc9e631.jpg
He also did the same thing with Total Biscuit. He said this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKTJb2KtDH4
And then later on says this
https://i.imgur.com/zELrQuh.png
You should also watch the Content Cop on him just for better examples of how big a piece of shit he is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o3TfHjj_e4
There are more examples than just what I found in like 10 minutes, but thats a decent place to start. | 35 | c8f2r8 | esnlcpi | 2019-07-03 07:00:54 | true | What’s going on with Keemstar and Etika? Why are people mad at Keemstar? | https://twitter.com/mr_rsmash/status/1146047645816766464?s=21
What happened with Keemstar? Apparently he did something regarding Etika’s passing and people are mad. What’s going on? | 14 | 2019-07-02 21:07:53 | true |
Answer: There was the blue pfp for the Sudan issue, and then recently a red pfp trend rose for awareness of wildfires in the everglades. And the whole idea of changing the pfp to a color to help a crisis became a meme because it’s absurd to think it’ll actually do something for them (I suppose it can raise awareness but nothing else) so the meme expanded to create a yellow one “in honor of gamer pride month”
Edit: forgot to start with answer lol | 4,546 | c8gf9f | esn6f2v | 2019-07-03 03:15:57 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It's for gamer pride month | 87 | c8gf9f | esn6y12 | 2019-07-03 03:22:23 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: Its a meme. Its meant to be for gamer pride month. You aren't missing anything it's a joke found [here] (https://imgur.com/a/MqE7ERK) | 330 | c8gf9f | esn74e4 | 2019-07-03 03:24:35 | true | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: it’s a meme for gamer pride month | 2,108 | c8gf9f | esn7is5 | 2019-07-03 03:29:31 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It's for "Gamer Pride Month", a parody of LGBT Pride month, which was started by r/GamersRiseUp on [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/GamersRiseUp/comments/as2xpn/gamer_pride_month/). | 64 | c8gf9f | esn7uwe | 2019-07-03 03:33:46 | true | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer:
Lot's of people got their answers wrong,
There was a meme on instagram that said "Make your profile pictures yellow for gamer pride month", a nod to pride month and the blue/red awareness profile pictures | 6 | c8gf9f | esnm32m | 2019-07-03 07:17:07 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It’s a running gag that July is “Gamer Month,” and most meme pages have yellow in their profile picture in honor of it | 12 | c8gf9f | esnqvt5 | 2019-07-03 09:18:24 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: I found an old FB post (from 2015)
It's to raise awareness of endometriosis
https://www.facebook.com/endochallenge/posts/please-turn-your-profile-picture-yellow-it-is-easy-click-on-the-link-and-follow-/1569678989966670/
Edit: getting down-voted by endometriosis supporters | -9 | c8gf9f | eso88pf | 2019-07-03 13:54:06 | true | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: People did it to raise awareness for gamer month as a parody of how people changed their pfp to blue to raise awareness for Sudan | 4 | c8gf9f | esothiw | 2019-07-03 17:12:24 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It’s a joke that’s about supporting gamer pride month. There’s a whole meme that gamers are oppressed in society and with gay pride month ending and people changing their profile pics to bring awareness to tragic events that have been occurring lately (ex:Sudan and the color blue), people thought it would be funny to change their profile pic to yellow to support gamers.
If you’re really curious about all this, check out the meme page r/GamersRiseUp. It will make more sense there. | 1 | c8gf9f | esurn8u | 2019-07-05 00:53:04 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: Because a lot of the plastic straws (and other disposable garbage) end up in the ocean and is not always properly recycled/disposed.
Hence, it creates pollution in the oceans and fucking up the environment. However, note that most of the sea pollution comes fishing practices (nets, plastic of all sorts, equipment, etc).
You can find more info’ if you look up plastic pollution + ocean on Google (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/22/plastic-pollution-can-the-ocean-really-be-cleaned-up) | 11 | c8jorn | esndyaz | 2019-07-03 04:54:19 | true | What is up with plastic straws and saving turtles? | I've seen the video of the turtle with the straw in its nose, but that must have been a couple years ago. Now I'm seeing everyone buying and posting about using reusable straws so we can save the turtles and stop polluting the ocean. Not that it's bad to do those things, but why does everyone suddenly care about it now?
Link to an ig post featuring those foldy metal straws:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzbf6u8nk9x/?igshid=shpq02biz59o | 6 | 2019-07-03 04:32:18 | true |
Answer: Nike was going to release a shoe with the Betsy Ross flag on them until Colin Kapernick talked to them and told them that some people would be offended.
Others are offended at the idea of removing a pro American product because of people being offended. | 33 | c8jvsd | esngj30 | 2019-07-03 05:31:37 | false | What's going on with Nike? | I came across the #WalkAwayFromNike thing on Twitter. I know it has something to do with Nike pulling one of their shoes, Colin Kapernick, and Betsy Ross, but I have no idea what actually happened. I also vaguely remember something like this happening before with a Nike boycott, so this kinda piqued my interest. Thanks in advance!
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[https://imgur.com/a/DR2kq4x](https://imgur.com/a/DR2kq4x)\- a picture of the Twitter trend | 27 | 2019-07-03 04:54:21 | true |
Answer: There is also an issue with Nike's decision to support Chinese actions in Hong Kong by pulling a shoe off the market because its principal designer, Jun Takahashi of sportswear brand Undercover, published this on Twitter: “No extradition. Go Hong Kong!” Nike has pulled 2 shoe designs off the market for political reasons recently. | 11 | c8jvsd | esnk16x | 2019-07-03 06:33:03 | false | What's going on with Nike? | I came across the #WalkAwayFromNike thing on Twitter. I know it has something to do with Nike pulling one of their shoes, Colin Kapernick, and Betsy Ross, but I have no idea what actually happened. I also vaguely remember something like this happening before with a Nike boycott, so this kinda piqued my interest. Thanks in advance!
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[https://imgur.com/a/DR2kq4x](https://imgur.com/a/DR2kq4x)\- a picture of the Twitter trend | 27 | 2019-07-03 04:54:21 | true |
Answer: Recently Lil Nas X "came out" and has heavily implied that he's not straight. Since then, people have read into the lines in OTR about "riding" and have speculated that they're about gay sex. | 31 | c8mjdf | eso25ye | 2019-07-03 12:42:44 | false | What's going on with the "Old Town Road" memes? | 14 | 2019-07-03 10:37:29 | true |
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Answer: The conditions of the camps are similar to the early days of the Nazi camps, when they weren't yet focused on extermination. Dangerous overcrowding, non-existant sanitation, denial of medical support, that sort of stuff. Several hundred academics have even written a [letter to retract a denial by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that the two are comparable.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GnVLG593oY9ymTd_qBJ1mBXISmI4M3DOrEJ9_jiiO3U/mobilebasic) | 24 | c8o8va | esodgox | 2019-07-03 14:48:35 | true | What is the deal with with the US Migration Detention Centers and why are so many American citizens outraged at them? | I'm european so i don't think i'm privy to all the news surrounding the detention centers and i'm not looking to offend anyone. All that i can gleam from the news here is that the US are protecting their border from illegal immigration just like any other country, for example the [UK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TLf9s_lqHs), [Canada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5gTQEl0gk) and [Australia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohcWY2V1_Vc) do so every day. The links are to tv shows that allow you to see how they handle their borders at airports etc yet nobody has a problem with other countries. Especially the UK show because they show all the clandestine trying to get in from Calais and on articulated lorries which would be very similar.
What i don't get is why Americans are so outraged at their own border protection. Is there something nasty happening at the detention centers or something? I seen a [ridiculous post the other day equating mexican migration to the genocide of Jews in concentration camps](https://imgur.com/gZiVTWo) and it just got me thinking am i missing something that's just not making it into our news or is it just some sort of down with Trump's policies mentality? | 1 | 2019-07-03 13:43:01 | true |
Answer:
IIRC, there've been a number of really troubling reports about children receiving insufficient medical attention.
Also, really embarrassing/cruel stuff, like not enough toothbrushes to go around.
Finally, the US isn't Europe. The fact that everybody gets to come here and try at achieving American Dream is one of our central ideas. It is basically baked into our founding myths. Almost every American can trace at least one of their ancestral branches back to somebody who was fleeing persecution or catastrophe, if they look. It's a bit corny, sappy, or idealistic, but quite a few of us are pretty attached to it. Most countries have some not-fully-inspected memes embedded into the culture that they hope to live up to (see also, the stiff upper lip) and that's one of our big ones. It has emotional resonance. | 13 | c8o8va | esq7o4h | 2019-07-03 23:38:43 | false | What is the deal with with the US Migration Detention Centers and why are so many American citizens outraged at them? | I'm european so i don't think i'm privy to all the news surrounding the detention centers and i'm not looking to offend anyone. All that i can gleam from the news here is that the US are protecting their border from illegal immigration just like any other country, for example the [UK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TLf9s_lqHs), [Canada](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5gTQEl0gk) and [Australia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohcWY2V1_Vc) do so every day. The links are to tv shows that allow you to see how they handle their borders at airports etc yet nobody has a problem with other countries. Especially the UK show because they show all the clandestine trying to get in from Calais and on articulated lorries which would be very similar.
What i don't get is why Americans are so outraged at their own border protection. Is there something nasty happening at the detention centers or something? I seen a [ridiculous post the other day equating mexican migration to the genocide of Jews in concentration camps](https://imgur.com/gZiVTWo) and it just got me thinking am i missing something that's just not making it into our news or is it just some sort of down with Trump's policies mentality? | 1 | 2019-07-03 13:43:01 | true |
Answer: a Facebook service outage.
https://downdetector.com/status/facebook-messenger/map/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/istheservicedown.com/problems/facebook-messenger/map%3famp
Why? Presumably technical problems at Facebook. Their official status page has not been updated. Here's an article about it even:
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-down-site-app-not-working-pictures-photos-images-whatsapp-a8986426.html | 30 | c8pago | esok15u | 2019-07-03 15:52:03 | true | What's going on with messenger and WhatsApp? | Nothing is working. Can't send and receive media. Tried 5 phones, 3 accounts, wifi, LTE, Android, iOS, 1+, Samsung, iPhone. Tested in 2 different countries.
https://i.postimg.cc/rF8Xzk8V/Screenshot-20190703-180630.png | 33 | 2019-07-03 15:15:33 | true |
Answer: It appears to be marketing for [this company](https://neomatrixmedical.com/), which claims to heal people with regenerative grafts instead of surgery. Judging by how they are marketing and recruiting patients with se.inars, I am skeptical about its medical efficacy. | 50 | c8q8x4 | esos80t | 2019-07-03 17:02:26 | true | What is going on with the #NoSurgeryMovement? | I saw [a post](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6544657013572452352) pop up on LinkedIn promoting it along with some Audi Sports Festival thing-a-ma-jig. My Google-Fu failed so I was hoping someone here knew what it was. What’s the point of it? | 16 | 2019-07-03 16:35:05 | true |
Answer: I’m assuming it has to do with when people send around nudes online “You wanna see me naked? Hahaha just kidding..... unlessssss....... (you do in which case I’m not kidding)” | 17 | c8pu1h | esovhjt | 2019-07-03 17:27:26 | false | What's up with these "haha just kidding... unless..?" memes on Twitter? | They all look like variations of this:
https://twitter.com/Minachiio/status/1146145836411379719?s=19
Searching for "haha just kidding unless" shows a whole bunch more. | 21 | 2019-07-03 16:01:03 | true |
Answer: The 15 y/o in question is a girl going by the alias of Bocchi. She fought a player going by the name of Ally at a local tournament and won. Ally is generally considered one of the best Smash players in recent memory, having very good tournament placements in both _Smash 4_ and _Smash Ultimate_. Bocchi's victory is notable not only for being able to beat Ally, but also being able to do so while using Isabelle, a character who is considered very weak in _Smash Ultimate_.
She has been receiving some attention and harassment from those who believe her victory wasn't legitimate and/or notable. Some of this likely extends from the fact that Bocchi is a girl, and women are notoriously unfairly treated in competitive gaming environments. As such, she's decided to distance herself from the "Bocchi" identity and stop playing Smash (at least for now) to get away from the attention. | 9,594 | c8og0k | esp0nax | 2019-07-03 18:05:35 | false | What’s up with a 15 y/o getting bullied because of Smash? | [I saw this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/c8nh7p/and_people_wonder_why_no_one_likes_gamers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app)
Something about beating a pro player? | 7,103 | 2019-07-03 14:01:31 | true |
Answer: https://liquipedia.net/smash/Ally
Dont try to defend bullying Children | -92 | c8og0k | espes7k | 2019-07-03 19:47:26 | true | What’s up with a 15 y/o getting bullied because of Smash? | [I saw this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/c8nh7p/and_people_wonder_why_no_one_likes_gamers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app)
Something about beating a pro player? | 7,103 | 2019-07-03 14:01:31 | true |
Answer: It's anMTF so people don't like them taking victories from actual females. | 2 | c8og0k | eti8bl4 | 2019-07-11 10:48:23 | false | What’s up with a 15 y/o getting bullied because of Smash? | [I saw this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/c8nh7p/and_people_wonder_why_no_one_likes_gamers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app)
Something about beating a pro player? | 7,103 | 2019-07-03 14:01:31 | true |