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Answer: As I understand it, it's mocking the prattle of TV sports announcers. Many times when something lighthearted (a player tosses a ball to a kid in the stands) or horrible happens (a player gets gruesomely injured), they will respond with those phrases or something like it. The [New York Times discusses it here. ](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/style/you-hate-to-see-it.html)

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esp8x3h

2019-07-03 19:04:48

What is the deal with people saying "you love/hate to see it"?

Where do the phrases "you love to see it" and "you hate to see it" come from? And what exactly do they mean besides "you love/hate to see it"? I've been seeing them on Twitter and Reddit... Examples: [https://twitter.com/jesus\_jimz/status/1146086107962073089](https://twitter.com/jesus_jimz/status/1146086107962073089) [https://twitter.com/\_Zeets/status/1146152198079950848](https://twitter.com/_Zeets/status/1146152198079950848)

2019-07-03 18:47:47

Answer: "You hate to see it" is a response offered when someone makes a rookie mistake - I usually hear it as an extension of "That's a rookie move" and followed by such comments as "There's just no place for that outside the bush leagues" etc. It's just a phrase you use when someone does something foolish or especially naive, I find it especially often used in regards to social situations when someone does something demonstrating a serious lack of social wherewithal (which I do very often, thank you very much) I don't know about "you love to see it", I don't think I have ever heard someone say that, but I can imagine it sprang up for the opposite scenarios.

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esscczj

2019-07-04 14:08:40

What is the deal with people saying "you love/hate to see it"?

Where do the phrases "you love to see it" and "you hate to see it" come from? And what exactly do they mean besides "you love/hate to see it"? I've been seeing them on Twitter and Reddit... Examples: [https://twitter.com/jesus\_jimz/status/1146086107962073089](https://twitter.com/jesus_jimz/status/1146086107962073089) [https://twitter.com/\_Zeets/status/1146152198079950848](https://twitter.com/_Zeets/status/1146152198079950848)

2019-07-03 18:47:47

Answer: To me, there is a distinct feel with this phrase of it being lifted out of an action sequence featuring an audience of stooges, the Running Man comes to mind. Mindless entertainment trope is what I’m thinking - Maybe it’s an undocumented trope. The announcers would be using this line in a scene with brutality or some kind of explosive action, over the top entertainment that placates the masses. “Sportsball,” “Bread and circuses” come to mind: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

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ivnhexw

2022-11-09 06:12:02

What is the deal with people saying "you love/hate to see it"?

Where do the phrases "you love to see it" and "you hate to see it" come from? And what exactly do they mean besides "you love/hate to see it"? I've been seeing them on Twitter and Reddit... Examples: [https://twitter.com/jesus\_jimz/status/1146086107962073089](https://twitter.com/jesus_jimz/status/1146086107962073089) [https://twitter.com/\_Zeets/status/1146152198079950848](https://twitter.com/_Zeets/status/1146152198079950848)

2019-07-03 18:47:47

Answer: The “Nobody:” in connection to the next line in the meme format refers to how someone or something does something without anyone asking for or about it In the context of the 4th July meme linked, it jokingly refers to Americans going ham with fireworks and celebrations even though nobody ‘else’ really asks for it.

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esrg5gn

2019-07-04 07:14:30

What is up with the, Nobody: and some picture or phrase, memes?

These: https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/c8wa8q/deploy_the_rockets/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

2019-07-04 06:53:44

Answer: chil porn can be abreviated as "cp". However this can also be interpreted as cheese pizza, so cheese pizza is a common alias for child porn.

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esrjnop

2019-07-04 08:00:51

What's up with the pizza emoji being connected to pedophilia?

I saw a [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cringetopia/comments/c8u0y1/yeesh/esr9pjr?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) on r/cringetopia mentioning how the pizza emoji is used to mean child pornography. Is this true, and what's the context behind this?

2019-07-04 07:52:36

Answer: Pizza = Cheese Pizza = CP = Child Porn

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et4affo

2019-07-06 20:59:24

What's up with the pizza emoji being connected to pedophilia?

I saw a [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cringetopia/comments/c8u0y1/yeesh/esr9pjr?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) on r/cringetopia mentioning how the pizza emoji is used to mean child pornography. Is this true, and what's the context behind this?

2019-07-04 07:52:36

Answer: LSO (Lyrica System 0) is what's known in the anime/idol/J-Pop cover community as a chorus battle, where singers, artists, audio mixers, and animators (motion graphics people) get together to show off what they can do. LSO is one of the biggest chorus battles out there, along with Ascension and SUG4RTV. There are lots of these chorus battles scattered throughout the year, so if you want to see covers that showcase everyone's blood, sweat, and tears, be sure to keep an eye out. One of the chorus battles that has a round deadline (release date for entries) coming up is LCCB, Lotto Chance CB, so perhaps watching the entries in LCCB will help clarify what a chorus battle is!

c64onz

esrn5aw

2019-07-04 08:49:18

What's up with #LSO2019?

I have seen tweets showing videos in participation for LSO2019-R1and I have no idea what that even is about. Examples: https://twitter.com/rkoyo_97/status/1143123603254177793 https://twitter.com/eytotheda/status/1142996069829218304

2019-06-27 12:03:36

Answer: LSO 2019 appears to be a contest where artists compete to make the most visually appealing music video, similar to BOFU2019? That’s at least what it seems like...

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es816j4

2019-06-28 01:29:50

What's up with #LSO2019?

I have seen tweets showing videos in participation for LSO2019-R1and I have no idea what that even is about. Examples: https://twitter.com/rkoyo_97/status/1143123603254177793 https://twitter.com/eytotheda/status/1142996069829218304

2019-06-27 12:03:36

Answer: It’s a joke. Nobody in that subreddit actually likes to eat bees, they just act like they do as an inside joke... now, with that been said, would you like some scrumptious bees, brother?

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esrs8t5

2019-07-04 10:10:56

What is the deal with r/WeEatBees?

Today, I saw [r/WeEatBees](https://www.reddit.com/r/WeEatBees/) in the trending subreddit section on my home page. Extremely confused, I clicked on it and scrolled through a few dozen posts. The vast majority of them seem to be memes, but I still want to be 100% sure. Is this some new joke that I'm unaware of (I'm over 30—i.e. not cool) or is this a legit thing? Here are a few sample posts: [https://www.reddit.com/r/WeEatBees/comments/c7mlwp/i\_did\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/WeEatBees/comments/c7mlwp/i_did_it/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/WeEatBees/comments/c8pljx/what\_a\_stupid\_question/](https://www.reddit.com/r/WeEatBees/comments/c8pljx/what_a_stupid_question/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/WeEatBees/comments/c8s7dz/i\_have\_some\_questions/](https://www.reddit.com/r/WeEatBees/comments/c8s7dz/i_have_some_questions/)

2019-07-04 08:31:21

Answer: So, Jagex has made a really big point of not having microtransactions in OSRS, because one of the major reasons people were really disillusioned with RS3 was due to all the microtransactions making it more-or-less pay-to-win, where you could get tons of in-game advantages over other players by giving Jagex money. Up until recently, the only ways you could buy anything in OSRS with real money were: * Buying membership * Buying Oldschool Bonds, which could be redeemed for membership or sold in the in-game Grand Exchange for in-game money from other players (This essentially combats 3rd party gold selling and gives players a way to "buy" their membership with in-game money) Recently, there was a promotion that OSRS had with Twitch (that admittedly no one really cared about when it was happening). Basically, if you were subscribed to Twitch Prime anytime during the promotion period, you could redeem a free one-month membership to OSRS, and you also got a then-exclusive cosmetic item that gave your OSRS character purple skin. Once the promotion was over, they made the purple skin item accessible to everyone, regardless of whether you have Twitch Prime or participated in the promotion. After that, the OSRS devs made a blog post saying that they wanted to greatly expand on the idea of third-party partnerships like they had with Twitch. This would basically amount to doing these kinds of things way more often, and they gave the following hard stipulations: * You'd always get the unlockable through buying something from a third party partner, not from Jagex * The in-game unlockables would be cosmetic only * The in-game unlockables would become available to everyone after the promotion ends (so they're effectively only exclusive for a short time) They followed it up with an assurance that this is definitely not microtransactions (since they become free after a period of time, are fully cosmetic, and don't involve players paying Jagex), and an announcement that they would begin polling the playerbase for the addition of a bunch of particular cosmetics for this system. Once this blog post came out, /r/2007scape effectively decided that this was actually microtransactions. They got really mad that it either was a slippery slope to what RS3 is currently doing, or that Jagex is maliciously trying to groom the playerbase into thinking that microtransactions are okay. It also didn't help that the poll questions themselves didn't explicitly state that the proposed cosmetics were part of the partnership program; the individual questions were essentially worded like "Should we add a player-owned house theme based on Moritania?", with a header at the top of the poll saying that these were all for the proposed partner system from the blog. That's since been fixed, with every question being updated to be worded like "Should we add a player-owned house theme based on Moritania? This would be a part of the proposed partner system from the blog.", with the header still there. /r/2007scape is still really mad though and is campaigning hard to get everyone to vote no to every question. --- **UPDATE:** Jagex posted a new blog post today essentially saying: * The polls were going so hard towards "Don't do this" that they ended them early * They won't be going forward with the proposals * They didn't have any ulterior motives with this, like using it to get people used to the idea of MTX in OSRS * They won't do anything like this in the future without polling it (There were concerns that they'd just put it in anyway even if the polls failed) * They will still work with other companies for non-content-related things, "partnerships" in the more colloquial sense (example given was "partnering" with Apple/Google to make the mobile app possible on the app stores)

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esrusnb

2019-07-04 10:49:47

What's going on with Jagex wanting to add some sort of Partnerships to Old-School RuneScape?

/r/2007scape/ is full of posts about a Partnerships poll and how it's actually micro transactions. https://i.redd.it/np6wql8yk3831.jpg https://i.redd.it/qacc2ynki6831.jpg Is Jagex pulling up a "quick one?"

2019-07-04 08:53:02

Answer: Ally is admitting to having dated a minor (Zack, who was 16 at the time) in that tweet and that's why they're apologizing and retiring. No idea what happened with the ex girlfriend. Edit: Here's [A tweet from Zack](https://twitter.com/CaptainZack_/status/1109531589640404993) where he says nothing sexual ever happened between the two, if people are curious.

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ess0p6a

2019-07-04 12:10:13

What’s going on with Smash Ultimate player Ally retiring?

https://twitter.com/allyultimate/status/1146635272261709824?s=21 What happened? I haven’t played smash in a couple weeks but it seemed like a couple days ago everything was fine with him?

2019-07-04 11:32:50

Answer: He dated a child (16-year-old) while an adult (28-years-old). Because of recent spotlights shining on him, this has been brought up into public focus. He was under a spotlight recently because he was beaten by a 15-year-old girl Smash player, and the community at-large (though not Ally himself) turned on her and harassed her into stepping away from the game.

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essxmjs

2019-07-04 16:53:42

What’s going on with Smash Ultimate player Ally retiring?

https://twitter.com/allyultimate/status/1146635272261709824?s=21 What happened? I haven’t played smash in a couple weeks but it seemed like a couple days ago everything was fine with him?

2019-07-04 11:32:50

Answer: Assholes that can't take criticism of who or whatever they are a fan of. This can be obsessive fans of anyone in politics, news sites, games, TV shows, movies, whatever, if you have a wrong opinion on the topic they will hunt you down and destroy your life. Look at what happened a few years ago with the Trump-CNN wrestling video. CNN was threatening to dox the creator of the gif because they believed it was an attack on them and they had the RIGHT to dox someone over it. They couldn't take the criticism and were willing to ruin someone's life over it.

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ess5ac5

2019-07-04 12:59:21

What’s going on with a child being doxxed and threatened because of AOC?

Something about a girl who did a parody of AOC and had to apologize? I saw pictures of what she looked like and she had a similar look but as a child so what was the issue, and why is she being threatened? (I think she was referred to as “MiniAOC”) https://twitter.com/sickentirade/status/1146433275902062592

2019-07-04 01:00:30

Answer: EA is notorious for putting micro transactions in their games and making executive decisions that can fuck with beloved game series (pulled the plug on Dead Space, Mass Effect became sort of a mess although I also blame BioWare for this one, Titanfall didn’t sell enough so they stopped funding it even though it was an insanely good series). In my opinion, they are far from the worst at this stuff. Even though they make intrusive executive decisions, some of which completely ruin games (Battlefront 2), imo they *generally* still let the developers finish their product and make a good base game. This is probably also why they are hated so much I guess, since people might feel like the base game is so good the devs don’t *need* EA and that they’re holding them back. Imo this might not be completely true. I have yet to hear any dev truly complain about EA work conditions or not receiving funding or something, but I could also be ignorant. They have some bullshit corporate decisions that prevent many games from being true masterpieces (servers are usually cheap, loot boxes are overpriced junk). They also don’t seem to have much of a good PR. Recently them trying to justify loot boxes as “surprise mechanics” to the court went over really poorly. But overall I think they are hated more than the other devs because they are probably caricaturized as *the* big bad dumb corporation. Imo they definitely aren’t the worst out there, but I mean most people recognize them as being shit so they kinda unanimously received that recognition, even if some other shit company deserves it. Edit: I could also add they are in charge of more beloved franchises than other companies, which might also lead to more universal hate.

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ess8hg9

2019-07-04 13:32:11

What’s up with EA being the most disliked game company?

EA is the most disliked game developer/publisher but why? I understand the whole thing with lootboxes but so many other companies do this, is there another reason for all the hate against them or is there something I’m missing? https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/c8lu8w/ea_i_struggle_with_the_perception_that_were_just/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

2019-07-04 11:48:03

Answer: EA has a *long* history of questionable business practices. When it was founded in the 1982, EA was a pretty conscientious company, they got some really groundbreaking games out and definitely tried to compensate their developers fairly. But then they grew and grew and grew. In the 1990s, they got pretty notorious for acquiring studios, having their own ideas on how to get the properties of those studios to make money, and then squeezing the studios dry and shutting them down when those games eventually failed and lost the charm among the fans. (Origin Systems Inc., Bullfrog and Westwood Studios are pretty big examples. To a lesser extent, Maxis, but they're still doing okay with The Sims.) When the 2000s came around, EA was pretty much only doing what they considered to be surefire hits, and the EA Sports titles. Now, some time in the mid-2000s they started releasing some more innovative and groundbreaking titles and starting up new IPs, and seemed to give their studios more of a leeway again to just keep doing the kind of games they wanted to make. But that didn't really last. Nowadays they're back to squeezing the studios to death. And on top of that, they've really ramped up the whole "squeezing every penny from the customers", what with the lootboxes and all. Also, for a *very* long time, they've been known to be a pretty terrible place to work. There's been some ruckus about big game studios having terrible working conditions and constant crunch periods, but EA pretty much invented the thing long ago.

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essa6e4

2019-07-04 13:47:58

What’s up with EA being the most disliked game company?

EA is the most disliked game developer/publisher but why? I understand the whole thing with lootboxes but so many other companies do this, is there another reason for all the hate against them or is there something I’m missing? https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/c8lu8w/ea_i_struggle_with_the_perception_that_were_just/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

2019-07-04 11:48:03

Answer: I’m gonna keep it short, they makes games for money and only money

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et18nsh

2019-07-06 06:12:21

What’s up with EA being the most disliked game company?

EA is the most disliked game developer/publisher but why? I understand the whole thing with lootboxes but so many other companies do this, is there another reason for all the hate against them or is there something I’m missing? https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/c8lu8w/ea_i_struggle_with_the_perception_that_were_just/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

2019-07-04 11:48:03

Answer: The context is trump crossing the demilitarised zone from South to North Korea and Kim John Un has always been a bit of a target for memes because of his cuddly features and tyanical regime.

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essq8s0

2019-07-04 16:00:27

What's going on with Kim Jong-Un and Trump memes?

Today, I was browsing reddit and I saw memes like [this.](https://imgur.com/pzrYLYM.jpg) What caused the birth of this new meme format?

2019-07-04 15:37:33

Answer: Trump and Kim had a meeting and he crossed the dmz which is seen a bad thing to do by many people.

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est4vvb

2019-07-04 17:44:14

What's going on with Kim Jong-Un and Trump memes?

Today, I was browsing reddit and I saw memes like [this.](https://imgur.com/pzrYLYM.jpg) What caused the birth of this new meme format?

2019-07-04 15:37:33

Answer: This is the bottlecap challenge which was started by martial artist Farabi Davletchin who made the farakicks challenge which was accepted by Max Holloway and he tagged another celebrity who tagged another celebrity and it caused people to try this challenge themselves.

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essri6a

2019-07-04 16:10:11

What's up with people roundhouse kicking the caps of bottles?

Examples: [https://www.reddit.com/r/instantbarbarians/comments/c8897n/bottle\_cap\_removal\_in\_a\_crowd/](https://www.reddit.com/r/instantbarbarians/comments/c8897n/bottle_cap_removal_in_a_crowd/) [https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1146661523957268480](https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1146661523957268480)

2019-07-04 06:23:13

Answer: Nike wanted to do a shoe that used the earliest Betsy Ross designed flag of the United States of America. Former NBA player and Nike spokesman Colin Kaepernick protested, mentioning that it was a flag that waved at a time when slavery was legal, and thus isn't something representing a period of history that black people feel fondly about. Nike decided to cancel the project to make that shoe in response.

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est7g83

2019-07-04 18:00:41

What is up with Kap, Nike, and the Betsy Ross? Why is this flag considered racist by some, and does it have proof of this accusation?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/business/betsy-ross-shoe-kaepernick-nike.html

2019-07-04 17:56:03

Answer: The Betsy Ross flag itself is not racist or offensive originally - just like the OK symbol, the Punisher skull, original Pepe, 3%, the Don't Tread On Me snake flag, tiki torches, khakis, the Confederate battle flag, red hats, or the numbers 88 and 14. Kaepernick is right about the Betsy Ross flag Nike's and that they are not a good idea because just like all of those things listed above, total shit heads use it and ruin the original intent. Nike does not want neo-Nazis, white nationalist, or trashy degenerate shitheads to use their product in an abhorrent manner. It's a great decision for keeping the right social message and a good business decision. [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/1/1868878/-It-s-not-going-to-be-about-the-Betsy-Ross-flag-itself-it-s-RWNJs-use-as-faux-stars-amp-bars](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/1/1868878/-It-s-not-going-to-be-about-the-Betsy-Ross-flag-itself-it-s-RWNJs-use-as-faux-stars-amp-bars)

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estgv6a

2019-07-04 19:05:21

What is up with Kap, Nike, and the Betsy Ross? Why is this flag considered racist by some, and does it have proof of this accusation?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/business/betsy-ross-shoe-kaepernick-nike.html

2019-07-04 17:56:03

Answer: so you may have seen the thread or heard about Ally retiring due to dating Captain Zach who was 16 at the time while Ally was 25 or 26. That stuff came out earlier this year by Tamim who people said was lying or looking for attention because both Ally and Zach denied the allegations at the time. Tamim also handled the outing of the relationship poorly which is what he is apologizing for now.

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estd4og

2019-07-04 18:36:59

What is going on with Tamim and the Smash Community?

https://twitter.com/TamimSsb/status/1146810917541335043?s=19 I've seen this tweet and I want to know if anyone can give me more context behind this tweet because I haven't been watching this situation.

2019-07-04 17:20:34

Answer: The smash community is kind of on fire right now, and it’s mainly stemming from 3 separate controversies, which have all happened in the past week and a half. This may be more information than you needed with your question, but understanding all of this is pretty essential to getting what’s going on with the smash community right now. However the answer to your last question specifically is #3. 1. First, popular smash streamer Etika ended up killing himself. Although he had little to no connection with the competitive scene, he was one of if not the most prolific smash streamer. He had been in an interesting state of mind for a couple months, after getting his YouTube channel banned for flooding it with porn. Later, he was actually brought into police custody for a psychiatric evaluation, but was let go. He streamed the whole thing on Instagram live: https://youtu.be/CFYZAkaCkrk Recently he filmed a video essentially saying goodbye to everyone, with the description reading like a suicide note. Police revealed he was missing the very next day, and he was found to have committed suicide soon after. 2. At a local tournament, 15 year old player Bocchi was able to beat Ally, one of the best players in the world in a New York local tournament. That made a great headline for a lot of people, and she soon started getting bullied for the attention she was receiving for the win. A lot of prominent players were shitting on her. Sexism is a huge problem in the community, made almost solely of men. Notable, 13 year old player Sparg0 didn’t receive any hate similar to her, but still jumped to her defense. She ended up taking a break from all of social media for a bit, and nearly retired. 3. Remember the Ally guy from #2? A while back pro player Tamim accused Ally of dating another pro, CaptainZack. Thing is at the time, Ally was 28, and Zack was 16. The problem is Tamim did it in the poorest fashion possible. It seemed to be out of anger, not concern for his friend, and he also publicly ousted Zack, the victim, without consent. Both Ally and Zack denied the event and everyone moved on. This was until recently when Zack actually confirmed what happened, and Ally issued an apology and quit the competitive scene. Tricky part is, Zack was age of consent in Canada, where Ally lived, but not the United States, so now you got a lot of people arguing about both legal and moral technicalities. The tweet from Tamim was him apologizing for how he handled the event in the first place. Again, I apologize for giving you way more information than you needed, but all 3 of these are key to understanding tensions in the smash community right now. All of this happened in a little over a week.

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estg56j

2019-07-04 18:59:29

What is going on with Tamim and the Smash Community?

https://twitter.com/TamimSsb/status/1146810917541335043?s=19 I've seen this tweet and I want to know if anyone can give me more context behind this tweet because I haven't been watching this situation.

2019-07-04 17:20:34

Answer: Large numbers of human beings are being held in inhumane conditions on the US border. Any moral American politician should be trying to do something about it.

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estk9x3

2019-07-04 19:33:32

What's the deal with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) focusing on migrant issues? (For Americans)

I'm not an American so I'm pretty much OOTL on anything US besides the major headlines. Recently I've been seeing news, particularly on Twitter, from @AOC herself regarding the state of migrant centres? [About the state of shampoos they're using](https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145802564098777090), etc. [Is this related to the concentration camps stuff being talked about?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5lczxQZh5Y) My main question is about her trying to tackle this issue. As a politician of a country, shouldn't one focus on their country citizen's first rather than a potential citizen/refugee? -- Where I'm from, which is Malaysia, migrant issues are not that big of a deal, so politics tend to stay out of it. Only had one refugee crisis, the Rohingyas, recently. Government decided to allow them in after public pressure. We also have migrants from Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia as unskilled labor workforce mostly which contributed to crime rate in few states. Interestingly, just a few weeks ago, our special branch police foil a group of radicalized immigrants (namely few Rohingyas, Indonesian, and our own citizen) who planned a terror attack for avenging a dead fireman (the irony is that the leader of the Cell is a Malaysian, recruited Indonesian and Rohingyas even though they're literally unrelated to the case). -- So from that, **I fail to see the point (besides human rights)** of the aggressive push on this migrant issue by her and the Democrats when the migrants coming into one country is practically a 50/50 bet, when the US probably has more critical issues to fix. I, who is not an American, seeing gun violence and homeless issue in the US as more critical, in my opinion. But again, I'm not American and really OOTL here, so pardon my ignorance and would love a healthy discussion. Thanks

2019-07-04 19:29:09

Answer: >I fail to see the point (besides human rights) That's kinda the whole point. A lot of people care about people's human rights, no matter who they are.

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estmpj9

2019-07-04 19:50:38

What's the deal with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) focusing on migrant issues? (For Americans)

I'm not an American so I'm pretty much OOTL on anything US besides the major headlines. Recently I've been seeing news, particularly on Twitter, from @AOC herself regarding the state of migrant centres? [About the state of shampoos they're using](https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145802564098777090), etc. [Is this related to the concentration camps stuff being talked about?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5lczxQZh5Y) My main question is about her trying to tackle this issue. As a politician of a country, shouldn't one focus on their country citizen's first rather than a potential citizen/refugee? -- Where I'm from, which is Malaysia, migrant issues are not that big of a deal, so politics tend to stay out of it. Only had one refugee crisis, the Rohingyas, recently. Government decided to allow them in after public pressure. We also have migrants from Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia as unskilled labor workforce mostly which contributed to crime rate in few states. Interestingly, just a few weeks ago, our special branch police foil a group of radicalized immigrants (namely few Rohingyas, Indonesian, and our own citizen) who planned a terror attack for avenging a dead fireman (the irony is that the leader of the Cell is a Malaysian, recruited Indonesian and Rohingyas even though they're literally unrelated to the case). -- So from that, **I fail to see the point (besides human rights)** of the aggressive push on this migrant issue by her and the Democrats when the migrants coming into one country is practically a 50/50 bet, when the US probably has more critical issues to fix. I, who is not an American, seeing gun violence and homeless issue in the US as more critical, in my opinion. But again, I'm not American and really OOTL here, so pardon my ignorance and would love a healthy discussion. Thanks

2019-07-04 19:29:09

Answer: She is Hispanic and represents a heavily Hispanic district in New York City. It is an issue that concerns her and her constituents, so she devotes attention to it.

c96n1i

esy9v2u

2019-07-05 15:34:17

What's the deal with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) focusing on migrant issues? (For Americans)

I'm not an American so I'm pretty much OOTL on anything US besides the major headlines. Recently I've been seeing news, particularly on Twitter, from @AOC herself regarding the state of migrant centres? [About the state of shampoos they're using](https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145802564098777090), etc. [Is this related to the concentration camps stuff being talked about?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5lczxQZh5Y) My main question is about her trying to tackle this issue. As a politician of a country, shouldn't one focus on their country citizen's first rather than a potential citizen/refugee? -- Where I'm from, which is Malaysia, migrant issues are not that big of a deal, so politics tend to stay out of it. Only had one refugee crisis, the Rohingyas, recently. Government decided to allow them in after public pressure. We also have migrants from Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia as unskilled labor workforce mostly which contributed to crime rate in few states. Interestingly, just a few weeks ago, our special branch police foil a group of radicalized immigrants (namely few Rohingyas, Indonesian, and our own citizen) who planned a terror attack for avenging a dead fireman (the irony is that the leader of the Cell is a Malaysian, recruited Indonesian and Rohingyas even though they're literally unrelated to the case). -- So from that, **I fail to see the point (besides human rights)** of the aggressive push on this migrant issue by her and the Democrats when the migrants coming into one country is practically a 50/50 bet, when the US probably has more critical issues to fix. I, who is not an American, seeing gun violence and homeless issue in the US as more critical, in my opinion. But again, I'm not American and really OOTL here, so pardon my ignorance and would love a healthy discussion. Thanks

2019-07-04 19:29:09

Answer: I don't think there's much more to it, looks like he just enjoys cosplaying. *(bias: and he's damn good at it, those cosplays look dope)*

c97kl5

esu92nb

2019-07-04 22:37:57

What’s up with youtuber pyrocyncial posting crossdressed cosplay pics on his Instagram?

Example pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/BzEGQefnhmP/?igshid=17ztbzf7zz9rt https://www.instagram.com/p/BzL5TGanKW_/?igshid=15733u1279100 Is there a reason behind this or does he like cosplay now?

2019-07-04 20:53:56

Answer: As a fan of Pyro, my only guess is that its another one of his odd memes or jokes. He referenced one of them in his videos, so most likely it can be chalked up to "Pyro being Pyro"

c97kl5

et82hf6

2019-07-08 00:11:26

What’s up with youtuber pyrocyncial posting crossdressed cosplay pics on his Instagram?

Example pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/BzEGQefnhmP/?igshid=17ztbzf7zz9rt https://www.instagram.com/p/BzL5TGanKW_/?igshid=15733u1279100 Is there a reason behind this or does he like cosplay now?

2019-07-04 20:53:56

Answer: They've changed a lot since their inception. They've gone from animal rights to total animal liberation (no animal products, no pets, no zoos, etc). Their tactics are also more provacative and regularly involve shock tactics, sexual imagery, blood and gore, and frequently twist or disregard facts in order to push their message (as well as alleged illegal kidnappings of pets). They are also known for their hypocritical stance on euthanasia in shelters, as they believe it should not be used but run shelters with above-average euthanization rates compared to even self-described "kill" shelters.

c992yo

esuho4c

2019-07-04 23:40:04

What’s going on with all the hating and mockery of peta? I thought they were for animal rights

https://www.reddit.com/r/comedyheaven/comments/c94lak/boobies/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ios_share_flow_optimization&utm_term=enabled

2019-07-04 23:23:18

Answer: Most people are for animal welfare, which is a different thing from animal rights. Example of championing animal welfare: improving conditions for farm animals. Example of championing animal rights that PETA came up with recently: trying to ban a pub being called the Fighting Cocks because it's offensive to chickens. Animals don't need human rights, they are not humans. No chicken had their feelings hurt by a pub name. But they do deserve good welfare, for example to be kept in safe and sanitary conditions

c992yo

eswpb8w

2019-07-05 09:22:06

What’s going on with all the hating and mockery of peta? I thought they were for animal rights

https://www.reddit.com/r/comedyheaven/comments/c94lak/boobies/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ios_share_flow_optimization&utm_term=enabled

2019-07-04 23:23:18

Answer: Likely a reference to [Nintendo saying that they won't censor third-party games.](https://nintendosoup.com/nintendo-reaffirms-that-it-will-not-censor-third-party-games-says-doing-so-would-inhibit-industry/)

c99k4m

esunvd5

2019-07-05 00:24:21

What's the deal with Nintendo's uncensored hentai?

I've seen a few memes here and around about nintendo having uncensored hentai like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/c95hg3/oh_nintendo/ What is this supposed to mean?

2019-07-05 00:14:59

Answer: They don't have straight up porn games if you're worried about that. This stems basically from Sony often over censoring games on the PS4 in relation to partial nudity, in particular anime styled games and visual novels. However Nintendo and other companies that let those same games on their platforms don't do that. So the joke is that the formerly heavily kid friendly company of Nintendo now has less censoring than a company that has always had general audiences in mind, Sony. Of course Nintendo clearly is broadening their horizons with having a selection of M rated games brought to the Switch but people still remember what they were like, plus Nintendo's own first party games are still very family friendly.

c99k4m

esuogol

2019-07-05 00:28:12

What's the deal with Nintendo's uncensored hentai?

I've seen a few memes here and around about nintendo having uncensored hentai like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/c95hg3/oh_nintendo/ What is this supposed to mean?

2019-07-05 00:14:59

Answer: Nintendo is refusing to censor third-party games on the Nintendo Switch, citing the existence of parental controls and regulatory bodies such as the ESRB, and arguing that arbitrary censorship from platform-holding companies inhibits diversity and fairness in gaming. [Source](https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-on-new-switch-model-rumors-qol-still-happening-classic-games-for-switch-more/) This is a major change in policy, and a shot across the bow at Sony.

c99k4m

esv5g38

2019-07-05 02:34:38

What's the deal with Nintendo's uncensored hentai?

I've seen a few memes here and around about nintendo having uncensored hentai like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/c95hg3/oh_nintendo/ What is this supposed to mean?

2019-07-05 00:14:59

Answer: Facebook, which owns Whatsapp and Instagram, recently got some server problems so many of its features did not load at all. Now people are joking about this

c99o0x

esva4fu

2019-07-05 03:06:41

What's up with this loading sign on Instagram stories?

https://imgur.com/d7rGqRL A lot of people on my Instagram are posting this. Anyone understands?

2019-07-05 00:27:46

Answer: I remember hearing about this particular con’s line troubles in previous years as well. People are pissed that the situation hasn’t gotten any better over the years. They seem to be doubly pissed that the only change made to the line process for 2019 was the addition of a more expensive “premium” pass to let people skip lines.

c9bmn9

esw3kpc

2019-07-05 06:37:40

What's the deal with the 2019 LA Anime Expo?

I've just seen a few tweets [like this one](https://twitter.com/_musicformen/status/1146883196027461632?s=19) which show a ton of lines and mention upgraded passes? Does anyone know what this is about?

2019-07-05 04:22:31

Answer: Been going to Anime Expo for 5-6 years in a row. Its the largest Anime Con in America in pure numbers. They do not cap how many people can sign up and numbers increase every year. By many goers its dubbed "Linecon" because there are multi hour lines for many things: getting in the convention (especially in the morning through early afternoon) or lining up for panels or shows. The lines are also not very well organized by staff. As someone else said this year theres a "premiere line" which lets people who have a badge showing you work in the industry or paid hundred more dollars than the regular fan to get premiere badge to be able to get in front of line. Its a tough situation to fix. Either AX caps how msny badges to sell and risk outrage from fans who cant get in. Or they somehow find ways to get more space and ways to organize lines and make them faster somehow. Either way fans are always consistently unhappy that line issue has been this way for 5+ years. It doesnt help most lines are outside instead of inside and its usually in sunny summer weather. Some years the weather gets up to 100 degrees F

c9bmn9

eswa11t

2019-07-05 07:27:42

What's the deal with the 2019 LA Anime Expo?

I've just seen a few tweets [like this one](https://twitter.com/_musicformen/status/1146883196027461632?s=19) which show a ton of lines and mention upgraded passes? Does anyone know what this is about?

2019-07-05 04:22:31

Answer: She says it's the water she bathed in. She is using her popularity to sell her "product" like how youtubers sell their merchandise.

c98ywa

esw7e8u

2019-07-05 07:05:12

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: Where there's an audience, there's a market.

c98ywa

eswn9ie

2019-07-05 09:06:28

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: She is selling her bath water, which is probably not even her bath water, just normal tap water. But hey, virgin soyboys are still going to buy it.

c98ywa

eswqu5c

2019-07-05 09:33:27

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: some guys are pathetic

c98ywa

eswxdqa

2019-07-05 10:24:10

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: Belle Delphine, a "gamer girl," is selling her used bath water. It's ewwww and uck and oh noooo but props to her for finding a way to make a living these days.

c98ywa

esxte49

2019-07-05 13:56:42

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: As we all know, there are a bunch of creepy people on the internet. There has recently been a massive gag for selling "Gamer Girl Pee" on the internet. It's mostly a joke, but yeah some people do buy it. It's likely this "Gamer Girl Bath Water" is a variant of this trend. Belle Delphine is taking advantage of this trend for attention, game, clout, money, ect.

c98ywa

esy81n5

2019-07-05 15:23:17

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: None of the top-level answers are getting it right. She’s not trolling the supposedly horny virgins into buying her bathwater product, she’s trolling everyone who thinks “haha, I’m better than those horny virgins, I’m gonna go watch her troll them on her stream” into engaging in her real product: attention and publicity. This thread is undoubtedly going to help her in that respect.

c98ywa

esybpm6

2019-07-05 15:45:16

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: Belle Delphine is now selling her “bathwater”. Pretty simple.

c98ywa

esytot8

2019-07-05 17:56:24

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: there are horny anime nerds out there who want this crap... Creeps

c98ywa

esz6an0

2019-07-05 19:46:43

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: This almost 20 yo instatrash and maybe her partner are preying on boys worse instincts, boys who are vulnerable, easily manipulated and don't know better. We focus so much on protecting young girls that we completely forget young males are vulnerable too. Also if you don't think crap like this, excessive use of porn and internet living isn't going to do long term social and psychological damage to these kids you're not paying attention.

c98ywa

et0k4c5

2019-07-06 02:36:44

What's up with Belle Delphine selling "Gamer Girl Bath Water"?

A couple days ago she made a tweet ([https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368](https://twitter.com/bunnydelphine/status/1146397792379834368)) saying that she is selling bath water, so called "Gamer Girl Bath Water" I have no idea what this is or how shes managing to pull this off.

2019-07-04 23:11:19

Answer: In his July 4th speech ~~today~~ yesterday, trump [talked about the ~~US~~ *Continental* army (*the precursor to the US army*) in 1775](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/05/flight-of-fancy-trump-claims-1775-revolutionary-army-took-over-airports). He said, "Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory.” The Wright brothers didn't figure out how to ~~fly until 1903~~ *fly heavier-than-air aircraft until 1903. (Hot air balloons were 1783.)* Edit: Accuracy. Thanks to the commenters for their corrections. Edit: [This](https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/c9xmnj/ufalsedmitriy_perfectly_explains_what_went_wrong/) is an excellent view point on what was potentially actually happening when trump said these things.

c9e0uz

eswsd5j

2019-07-05 09:45:06

What's going on with all the Revolutionary War & airport memes?

Just checked on Imgur a while ago & there's tons of those memes involving Revolutionary War & Airport on the front page. Example: https://m.imgur.com/r/PoliticalHumor/onhMvaZ I reckon it has to do with American politics? I'm not from USA so please enlighten me on it.

2019-07-05 09:34:18

Answer: a recent episode featured a fictional sex scene between two members of one direction. This upset a lot of fans of the band and a fair number of fanfiction writers. So far, one of the two band members featured in the scene has said he was neither consulted nor asked for his consent for such a scene to be made. Fanfiction writers felt the scene was disrespectful for a few reasons-the chiefest being that there's a big difference between simply writing a fantasy moment and producing one for screen airing and that in making this scene the producers of the show were making fun of any and all fanfiction writers who write sex scenes using the public personsas of celebrities as their players. Other reasons boil down to "fanfic is meant, typically, for other fans of the chosen media to enjoy and specifically isn't for everyone-there's a time and a place for it and especially for fanfic that features "real people"" There's a long, complicated history regarding fanfiction and it's relationship to his parent medias. This is just another incident in that history, although it is hashing out new arguments since one of the people depicted has actively said "hey I wasn't asked if this was okay and I honestly don't think it is okay to use my face like this on TV."

c9dvfh

esxhjm5

2019-07-05 12:44:50

What is up with Euphoria TV series making headlines?

HBO's TV series Euphoria making headlines about controversy about one direction and fan faction. Like this article from [Polygon](https://www.polygon.com/tv/2019/7/2/20678859/euphoria-harry-louis-larry-fanfiction) and [another one](https://thedigitalwise.com/2019/07/03/hbos-euphoria-just-ignited-a-controversy-on-louis-tomlinson-and-harry-styles-graphic-scene-heres-what-the-one-direction-member-has-to-say-about-it/) Does anyone know what is going on? |||| |:-|:-|:-| ||||

2019-07-05 09:14:37

Answer: so this is the first game where you will not be able to use any Pokémon you want. There are a limited (though still large) amount of Pokemon in the game to use. Before this all Pokemon were available in each game. GameFreak's reason was basically graphics so now fans are double-upset because the graphics don't look very good. This leads them to say the franchise is being ruined. National Dex is the shorthand fans use to mean every Pokemon is available. Thus, the National Dex is not featured in sword and shield.

c9fkjc

esxkfxk

2019-07-05 13:03:02

What's going on with GameFreak? Why is Pokemon Sword/Shield 'ruined'? What's a "National Dex"?

I haven't played a main series Pokemon game since Pearl. What's all this fuss about? Context: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-dev-releases-statement-ab/1100-6468135/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c6qjt7/the_worst_part_about_the_whole_pok%C3%A9mon_sword_and/

2019-07-05 12:48:01

Answer: **What's a "National Dex"?** "National Dex" it's a term that refer to a Pokédex that has ALL the pokémon, not only the specific of a certain region. It means all the possible pokémon until the last generation. For example, having tha National Dex in Sun/Moon implies you have all the pokémons until the 7th gen (more or less 800 pokémon maybe?). Usually in previous games after you complete the Hall of Fame or the regional dex, the region professor unlock the national Dex. And usually when you complete this National Dex, you receive an item that makes the chanches to encounter a shiny pokemon higher (Sun/Moon doesn't have Nationa Dex, but you can still transfer old pokémons). Obviously, complete the National Dex it's not an easy task... But a lot people like to do it (like myself). **Why is Pokémon SW/SW ruined?** Recently GF announced that SW/SH Galar region dex will not have a National Dex and support/appearence of all pokémons. That means, that unlike previous games, will be pokemons that don't have models ingame and to put it simply you will cannot transfer all your old pokemons to the new games. Even with Pokémon Home (probably another annual fee only online app), GF clearly stated that you can only transfer to SW/SH pokemons that appear in the Galar Dex. So, for example if Infernope doesn't appear in SW/SH, you cannot transfer that pokémon. That's bad news for a lot of people (like me) that we have a living dex o good trained pokemons from old games. Aside to this, this fact was only the last straw, a lot of people have seen that the quality of the game it's not good. Doesn't seem a game from Switch. Bad textures, reused models and animations, etc... Part of the community think that GF don't put enough effort in the games. These games are more expensive and offer less content and quality than the previous games. **What's going with Game Freak?** As I said, there is this idea that because Game Freak it's working in another game called **"Town"**, they don't put enough work and care to the next Pokémon games. And all what I explained it's not helping, just the opposite. The message that Masuda put to answer the fans only make things worse... And a lot of people aren't gonna buy these games. More or less is this. But the full story has a lot more of details.

c9fkjc

esxlni0

2019-07-05 13:10:37

What's going on with GameFreak? Why is Pokemon Sword/Shield 'ruined'? What's a "National Dex"?

I haven't played a main series Pokemon game since Pearl. What's all this fuss about? Context: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-dev-releases-statement-ab/1100-6468135/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c6qjt7/the_worst_part_about_the_whole_pok%C3%A9mon_sword_and/

2019-07-05 12:48:01

Answer: In every Pokemon game there are two "Pokedexes", ie, the thing that records the Pokemon that you find and catch. The first is the dex for the specific region (for our discussion, this would be the Galar Dex, since your last game was Pearl, that one would be the Sinnoh Dex) which is isolated to very specific Pokemon for that region. Once you have completed the game, the player is given the titled National Dex, which opens up the ability to have all Pokemon from every game prior. Hence, "gotta catch em all". A staple feature of Pokemon is being able to transfer previous Pokemon from one game to another. With the exception of Ruby/Sapphire which this wasn't possible due to the technology at the time, it is quite possible for players to be able to transfer their favorite Pokemon throughout the previous generations all the way through to Sun and Moon In a recent announcement at E3 2019, it was revealed (slightly off-handedly on that note) that all Pokemon would not be playable in Sword/Shield and that only the Galar Dex would be used, in other words, only Pokemon that are chosen to specifically be in this game will be in the game and not necessarily all the previous ones. Not only that but this was stated to be the policy of the franchise going forward. This caused a giant ripple effect in the Pokemon community as this was seen to be a massive betrayal of the core concept of Pokemon. In your first link, Junichi Masuda, producer of the game made a statement to address the concerns however, it did not really say much to alleviate concerns and just said the same things people already knew. These events also led to fans, who I'd say were largely content with the state of Pokemon until now, to express notable number of other problems with the franchise that came spilling out ranging from things like lack of innovation, graphical quality on Switch, game plot, pandering toward fans of the generation 1 and many other factors that fans were largely willing to tolerate but are now in a fury over. Not to mention concerns that Game Freak does not care as much about Pokemon as much any more due to their upcoming title "Town". Also, sort of off-track yet still related but there's this thing recently announced called Pokemon Home which would be a service that allows people to transfer their Pokemon from the previous games and other Pokemon peripheral titles to it and then into Sword and Shield. However, with these recent revelations, it is quite possible that players could transfer their Pokemon into Pokemon Home, but if they are not in Sword/Shield or a future game, they will never be able to get them out.

c9fkjc

esxrqxg

2019-07-05 13:46:47

What's going on with GameFreak? Why is Pokemon Sword/Shield 'ruined'? What's a "National Dex"?

I haven't played a main series Pokemon game since Pearl. What's all this fuss about? Context: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-dev-releases-statement-ab/1100-6468135/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c6qjt7/the_worst_part_about_the_whole_pok%C3%A9mon_sword_and/

2019-07-05 12:48:01

Answer: during E3, Mesuda announced that pokemon SwSd will not support all pokemon, roughly 1000 (including diffrent forms for genders, weather forms, and whatnot) People thought that it would be temporary, and would be later patched in, but in a follow up interview, mesuda confirmed that they would have eventually have done this (remove pokemon from the games data), and people are, rightly and for the most part appropriately, unhappy and protesting/ boycotting the games, and finding any and all flaws that they can. The pokedex is an in-game database, of all the diffrent species ( pikachu, charizard, etc.) Of pokemon, And the national (poke)dex is the pokedex with all 1000 (rounding up) pokemon in it. People use national Dex when referring to all pokemon across all generations, for sake of conversation instead of saying "all pokemon species" for fairly obvious reasons (shorter and flows of the tongue better.

c9fkjc

esyyer4

2019-07-05 18:38:08

What's going on with GameFreak? Why is Pokemon Sword/Shield 'ruined'? What's a "National Dex"?

I haven't played a main series Pokemon game since Pearl. What's all this fuss about? Context: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-dev-releases-statement-ab/1100-6468135/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c6qjt7/the_worst_part_about_the_whole_pok%C3%A9mon_sword_and/

2019-07-05 12:48:01

Answer: *TL;DR, gamefreak is limiting the number of Pokémon that players can bring into the new game, making it impossible for them to have a complete collection of all 809+ Pokémon in one place, and potentially causing players to leave their favorite Pokémon behind.* “Dex” is short for Pokédex, a digital encyclopedia of Pokémon which basically functions as the player’s checklist for collecting every Pokémon. There are typically two different pokedexes in every Pokémon game: 1) the “regional” Dex: the Pokédex that serves as a list of all the Pokémon that the player can encounter in-game. In the games prior to the 3DS, this was typically about 150 Pokémon, although it has expanded to 300-400 in the newer 3DS games. (Since the soon to be released games *Sword* and *Shield* take place in the new Galar region, the Regional dex for these games is referred to as the Galar Dex.) 2) the National Dex: the Pokédex that serves as a list of *every* Pokémon ever created, usually obtained after completing the main story and becoming the champion of the region. As of the most recent games, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, there are a grand total of 809 Pokémon in the National Dex. So how does the player obtain all the Pokémon in the National Dex if the Regional dex is so limited? They have to be transferred from older games. Ever since the fourth generation of Pokémon Games on the Nintendo DS, starting with Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, there has always been a way to transfer all your Pokémon from the previous generation of games to the new one. This means there are players that have been transferring Pokémon over and over again as new games have come out, allowing them to use Pokémon they caught 16 years ago on the gameboy advance, to this very day in the most recent 3DS games. So what does this have to do with Sword/Shield? Gamefreak recently announced that players would NOT be able to transfer all of their old Pokémon to the new games this time around - that only Pokémon that appear in the Galar Dex will be transferrable. If past games are any indication and we have only 400-ish Pokémon in the Regional Dex again, that means at least half of the Pokémon in the National Dex will be completely unavailable in Pokémon Sword and Shield, potentially barring someone from using their favorite Pokémon, or forcing players to break up their favorite teams. What makes this worse is the reasons they have given for the change: A) they want it to be more balanced, and B) because they have had their hands full making higher fidelity/higher quality animations for the game since it’s jumping to a home console instead of being a handheld title. Players are calling BS on these excuses since gamefreak has never cared about game balance this much before (and even in tournaments, they simply had a list of Pokémon that were and were not allowed to compete rather than limiting the Pokémon available to use in-game), along with the fact that the new graphics and animations look nearly identical to the way they have always looked. The models for the Pokémon themselves are still exactly the same as past games, they’re just utilizing new shaders. All in all, it’s left a bad taste in the player’s mouths, and the player base has now started to come forward with complaints about all kinds of changes and content cuts gamefreak has made to the Pokémon series in the past few generations.

c9fkjc

eszhpeb

2019-07-05 21:29:45

What's going on with GameFreak? Why is Pokemon Sword/Shield 'ruined'? What's a "National Dex"?

I haven't played a main series Pokemon game since Pearl. What's all this fuss about? Context: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-dev-releases-statement-ab/1100-6468135/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/c6qjt7/the_worst_part_about_the_whole_pok%C3%A9mon_sword_and/

2019-07-05 12:48:01

Answer: The Trump administration ordered border agencies to aggressively pursue the deportation of any illegal immigrant in the nation, whether they are crossing the border or are living secretly within the US. Deportation courts are held for illegal immigrants, and sometimes illegals are detained while waiting for their court case. As an aside, the Obama administration had several alternatives in place within high success rates, which avoided detaining legal immigrants. Instead, illegals would be fitted with an ankle monitor or ICE would check up on them in a process similar to parole. 82.5% to 90% of illegal immigrants show up to their deportation hearings under these policies, so we can establish that detainment was necessary for deportation. Anyways, the Trump administration cancelled many of these programs and instead opted to detain any migrant, including children and families. Further, sessions specifically ordered that families be separated in the hopes that this would scare immigrants away from entering illegally. This policy of detainment, in addition to the more aggressive approach to seeking out illegal immigrants, as well as decreased or insufficient funding allocated towards immigration hearings, has created a crisis on the border wherein too many immigrants have been detained and the facilities are not equipped to handle the number of immigrants detained within. Further, there arent enough judges to "clear out the backlog" of cases, so the immigrants are stuck in the camps. I do want to add a few things. Many of the people being detained are not in fact illegal immigrants. Many of them have actually legally sought asylum in the united states. Per US law, it is legal to enter the US at any location with the intent of seeking asylum, whether or not your claim is rejected has no retroactive affect on the legality of seeking asylum, you so not have to seek asylum in any nation you first entered while enroute to the US, and you can seek asylum for up to a year after arriving. Finally, it is not illegal to cross the border. It is a misdemeanor to be in the country without being given permission. For reference, jaywalking is a misdemeanor.

c9eq22

esxlogl

2019-07-05 13:10:46

What’s going on with this US immigration and Border Patrol situation?

I see a lot of Facebook posts saying things like “how is this the land of the free when we have children in cages right now” and I’ve seen a few posts talking about how they’re splitting up migrant families and detaining them. Articles like [this one](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-inspector-general-report-reveals-squalid-conditions-at-migrant-detention-centers/) give me a little info on how the current conditions are as far as space in detention facilities but I mean why is this happening?

2019-07-05 11:08:06

Answer: Disney casted a black girl (Halle Bailey) as Ariel in the new Little Mermaid live-action adaptation. Some people are... not okay with that, to say the least.

c9g3e7

esxrooc

2019-07-05 13:46:22

What's going on with #notmyariel?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/c9bt8r/what_do_you_think_of_the_notmyariel_movement/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I've been hearing about it on a lot of subs but don't have any idea what it is.

2019-07-05 13:42:50

Answer: "Teleprompter" was actually originally produced by the company "TelePrompTer". The company itself went under back in the 80s and other companies bought out a lot of its assets, and the device just became generically known as a "teleprompter". People writing it as "TelePrompTer" is definitely not common, but that's where that capitalization would come from.

c9h6fr

esy8lid

2019-07-05 15:26:52

What's the deal with everyone calling it a "TelePrompTer"?

Everyone on Twitter is currently talking about the 'TelePrompTer' that Donald Trump used and I assumed it was from an old tweet of his but I can't find anything to show where it came from. https://imgur.com/a/C6CAG90

2019-07-05 15:22:38

Answer: Nike was going to release a pair of shoes that featured the original, Betsy Ross American flag. Colin Kaepernick advised them against it, saying that the flag was co-opted as a racist symbol. It is not listed as a hate symbol in the ADL database so it's basically a giant clusterfuck with no one looking great.

c9hkpf

esyihbp

2019-07-05 16:26:09

What's going on with American politicians tweeyong negative about Nike?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/c9ewx9/lets_get_some_shoes/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Edit, tweeyong=tweeting

2019-07-05 15:56:21

Answer: Nike put out the Air Max I Quick Strike shoes which were to have the 13 star flag attributed to Betsy Ross on it. The flag has been co-opted in recent years by racist groups. Colin Kaepernick, who is a Nike brand ambassador, expressed his concern to Nike about this design and the relationship with this flag to racist groups. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/business/betsy-ross-shoe-kaepernick-nike.html

c9hwc4

esyre87

2019-07-05 17:34:25

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: Basically a nike shoe was about to be released celebrating the 4th of July but Nike pulled it from retailers unexpectedly. This is because it had a flag commonly known as the Betsy Ross Flag on it (google it) that Colin Kaepernick said that, since linked to slavery, wouldn’t be good to go on shelves considering its history even though it showed the original 13 states I believe. People started hating on Kaepernick and saying that it didn’t matter and that he was being too PC about it and it started another divide on whether Nike should’ve listened to Kaepernick or not.

c9hwc4

esz6zit

2019-07-05 19:52:42

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: Nike was going to release a shoe with the Betsy Ross flag on it in celebration of the 4th of July; they had shipped some of their product out to stores as well. However, they quickly changed their decision to sell the shoes and recalled what they had already shipped out when they received criticism over the shoe from Colin Kaepernick, who stated that the flag was offensive because it was from a time of slavery. sources: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/business/nike-air-max-1-quick-strike-fourth-of-july/index.html > The Journal indicated Kaepernick said he and others found the shoe offensive because of its ties to America's era of slavery. Kaepernick could not be reached for comment Monday evening. https://www.theblaze.com/news/kaepernick-nixes-patriotic-nike-shoe >Nike reportedly cancelled a patriotic shoe design for Independence Day with a Betsy Ross flag because former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick objected to the symbol https://www.abc15.com/news/national/nike-cancels-shoe-featuring-early-version-of-american-flag >The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the athletic-wear company delivered the sneakers to retailers, but asked stores to return them to Nike after the company received a complaint from former NFL star Colin Kaepernick EDIT: For further context, I can only find that Kaepernick only said that the flag comes from a time when slavery was legal. The defense that the flag has been used by hate groups seems to just be coming from those that sided with Kaepernick, but not from him. Also, apparently, he's made his first public statement on the matter, quoting Frederick Douglass: "What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? This Fourth of July is yours, not mine…There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour." https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/colin-kaepernick-breaks-silence-after-igniting-controversy-over-nikes-betsy-ross-flag-shoes EDIT 2: There's been some backlash over Kaepernick's Douglass statements, with Ted Cruz pointing out the context the statement was made in and how it's part of a larger speech. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-adds-context-after-kaepernick-quotes-from-frederick-douglass-fourth-of-july-speech https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/05/left-completely-misses-point-frederick-douglasss-speech-independence-day/ some sources on Douglass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0baE_CtU08 https://time.com/5614930/frederick-douglass-fourth-of-july/

c9hwc4

esz8c76

2019-07-05 20:05:28

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: Nike had a new sneaker plan for the Fourth of July that was "revolutionary war themed" and featured the Betsy Ross "early version" of the American flag that was commissioned by George Washington during the revolutionary war. According to various news outlets Nike canceled the design after Colin Kaepernick said he disliked it because it would be "an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery" ([pic of design for reference](https://i.imgur.com/ffHG7Rr.jpg)). People on the right disliked this because they see it as an attempt at historical revisionism by painting everything in America's past as racist, and they also see it as yet more proof of Kaepernick's anti-patriotism (he also refuses to stand for the US national anthem). The governor of Arizona went as far as to withdraw his state's support for a Nike facility in his state. People on the left are split with some agreeing with the message and the action (censoring/shaming recent historical references that may/may not be explicitly racist), some who agree with the message but not the action, and those who disagree with both the message and the action. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-idUSKCN1TY0B4

c9hwc4

esz9itr

2019-07-05 20:15:53

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: The timeline of events from reading through several news articles a tweets seem to be. 1.) Nike plans to release a shoe designed after the Betsy Ross flag to celebrate the American Independence Day. 2.) Colin Kaepernick expressed concern over the design, claiming that the Betsy Ross flag is a historical symbol of American Slavery (background included below). 3.) Nike scraps the design and does not release the shoe. 4.) Outrage. Some figures oppose the idea of objecting to the design because it could be perceived as racist, instead of patriotic. Others support the decision and/or claim that the flag has been used by other white nationalists. I'll avoid bias and let you, dear reader, decide for yourself. Some background here. Slavery as an official institution began in the American British colonies in 1619 and continued in the United States until the ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th constitutional Amendments in 1865, 1868, and 1870 guaranteed the formerly enslaved peoples full citizenship including voting rights. This institution was done on the basis of race; if you were white you had citizenship, if you weren't you mostly likely didn't. There is much more to this than what I'm covering here, but just know that while federally, discrimination by race was illegal, many states that formerly had slaves still did openly discriminate against former slaves and their descendents for nearly a century afterwards until these amendments were finally, actually enforced. (How well is still a matter that is being debated to this day. Also women didn't get right to vote until the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920.) Colin Kaepernick is a former American Football Quaterback for the San Francisco 49ers (2011-2016) that is most famous for kneeling during the American National Anthem when it was played before his games. This was done by him in protest of systemic racism of African Americans in the U.S. (refer to the previous point). He later became a spokesperson for Nike.

c9hwc4

eszdapp

2019-07-05 20:50:09

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: Here is a article by Jonah Goldberg saying how Nike's bungle made it more of a hate symbol. https://nypost.com/2019/07/04/nikes-pathetic-colin-kaepernick-bungle-turned-betsy-ross-flag-into-racist-symbol/

c9hwc4

eszgq30

2019-07-05 21:21:00

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: The Betsy Ross flag has been adopted by some factions of the alt right, including 'The Proud Boys' and various pro-nazi organisations. This could be a critical reason why Nike decided to pull the BR Flag themed gear, since people could assume an affiliation with such groups. Some could perceive this affiliation to be a negative thing in terms of marketing & sales. https://imgur.com/a/zOxvpQo

c9hwc4

et1lm9z

2019-07-06 07:49:37

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: Tl:dr, the left is attempting to engrave modern guilt for acts committed by generations which lived hundreds of years ago. Nothing to take seriously.

c9hwc4

et2a241

2019-07-06 11:44:42

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: Some stupid half white who got paid too much to play a kids game doesn't understand that the flag was made by a Quaker who opposed slavery and who lived in a state that had already outlawed slavery, so he threw a temper tantrum and got a shoe company that uses child slaves in Asia to make the shoes to recall them.

c9hwc4

et60oq1

2019-07-07 11:46:18

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: Because it's been used as a symbol by white-rights groups such as the American Identity Movement (formerly Identity Evropa) and the Patriot Front, as well as used by white schools against black schools in football. Not sure what Kaepernick said, but this article seems to lay down the issue (rather than dismantling Kaepernick's explanation as incoherent, eg Betsy Ross was a Quaker, anti-slavery her self). [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/betsy-ross-flag-nike-colin-kaepernick-patriot-movement-ku-klux-klan-854612/](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/betsy-ross-flag-nike-colin-kaepernick-patriot-movement-ku-klux-klan-854612/)

c9hwc4

etb2gou

2019-07-09 01:22:07

What's going on with Betty Ross flag ?

[conversation](https://i.imgur.com/De0tlpr.png) I know it something that have to do with Nike and Colin Kaepernick , but seems like both Left and Right are flying Betty Ross flag ?

2019-07-05 16:23:59

Answer: I think it’s because people have been commenting without following the rules of the sub, which require that you begin a response with “answer:” or “question:”

c9ikyn

esz47tm

2019-07-05 19:27:50

What’s the deal with the controversy over how many people were at Trump’s ‘Salute to America’ rally and is there any way to figure out the real counts?

I’ve seen pictures like [this](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1146938775689412608?s=12) but I’ve also seen other pictures that look like there’s a much smaller crowd. Some have suggested photoshop, but that is obviously disputed by Trump and his supporters. Can anyone help me figure out what’s really going on?

2019-07-05 17:20:20

Answer: [According to Snopes](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crowd-at-trump-july-4-event/), the photo is accurate. There are some other shots from unaffiliated feeds that support it.

c9ikyn

esz5x6q

2019-07-05 19:43:15

What’s the deal with the controversy over how many people were at Trump’s ‘Salute to America’ rally and is there any way to figure out the real counts?

I’ve seen pictures like [this](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1146938775689412608?s=12) but I’ve also seen other pictures that look like there’s a much smaller crowd. Some have suggested photoshop, but that is obviously disputed by Trump and his supporters. Can anyone help me figure out what’s really going on?

2019-07-05 17:20:20

Answer: Controversy was the inauguration crowd issue. This is just some Twitter users assuming it's inauguration crowd 2.0, because Trump doesn't have much crowd size street credit anymore. They did have some trouble drawing bigwigs, military personnel, and others to the event as well. It was just too last minute, which was something that apparently his aides were concerned [about](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/04/trump-fourth-of-july-celebrations-military-show-criticism). I'm not surprised they had a decent turnout; DC's 4th of July festivities usually do, which is why the Trump campaign likely decided to co-opt them in the first place.

c9ikyn

esz9an6

2019-07-05 20:13:59

What’s the deal with the controversy over how many people were at Trump’s ‘Salute to America’ rally and is there any way to figure out the real counts?

I’ve seen pictures like [this](https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1146938775689412608?s=12) but I’ve also seen other pictures that look like there’s a much smaller crowd. Some have suggested photoshop, but that is obviously disputed by Trump and his supporters. Can anyone help me figure out what’s really going on?

2019-07-05 17:20:20

Answer: She (or a confederate) recorded her opening, licking, closing, and replacing a tub of ice cream in store's freezer for someone else to unknowingly purchase and consume. She (or her confederate) posted the video, presumably thinking it was funny. However, tampering with products is no joke. She could just as easily have poisoned, stuck in pins, or sprinkled it with glass. The Tylenol tampering case costs that company a fortune and frightened half the nation. Expect product costs to rise as more tamper-resistant technologies are implemented, whether by law or not. SMH. What is wrong with people. Would she have been amused to buy a product tampered with by someone else?

c9lvd7

eszmssj

2019-07-05 22:09:37

Why are people talking about getting jailed for licking ice cream over on r/BlackPeopleTwitter?

The current top post on BlackPeopleTwitter (https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/c9g7c7/she_does_deserve_it/) is about getting jail time for licking ice cream. What’s the context I missed?

2019-07-05 22:04:01

Answer: in the ironic meme community, it is popular to be as straightforward (and sometimes rude) as possible in order to poke fun at the 2016 era of edgy kids. Because of this, they often tell each other to “shut the fuck up” or that their post was shit. That’s really all that “Not funny didn’t laugh” is.

c8gp6u

et0h2yd

2019-07-06 02:10:36

What's up with the "Not Funny, Didn't Laugh" meme?

I've been seeing videos like these in my feed recently, all from popular meme makers: https://youtu.be/9tVAUFpCfZk https://youtu.be/IMIzxWp1gk0 https://youtu.be/QEOogn5GJAo Where did this meme start, and why has it gotten so popular?

2019-07-02 23:28:26

Answer: Largest Youtuber, Pewdiepie, started a thing on his channel called "gaming week" and in this week he played games like Papers Please, Fortnite, and Minecraft. His fans really liked his Minecraft content and he has turned it into a series on his channel. Due to this boom, it has caused many people to pick up the game again.

c9pwu3

et1697l

2019-07-06 05:53:24

What's up with Minecrafr being played again by many people?

I saw some memes and Pewdiepie going on his playthrough. https://youtu.be/wHQKij7tATE

2019-07-06 05:22:14

Answer: A good amount of it is nostalgia. Minecraft just had it's 10th anniversary, and a lot of people who grew up with it are starting to play it again because of that. A lot of famous youtubers like Pewdiepie (like you mentioned) and Sky also started playing again.

c9pwu3

et1g3pn

2019-07-06 07:06:52

What's up with Minecrafr being played again by many people?

I saw some memes and Pewdiepie going on his playthrough. https://youtu.be/wHQKij7tATE

2019-07-06 05:22:14

Answer: The 10th anniversary of its first release was a couple weeks ago, and Minecraft is the single best-selling video game of all time.

c9pwu3

et29r1y

2019-07-06 11:42:17

What's up with Minecrafr being played again by many people?

I saw some memes and Pewdiepie going on his playthrough. https://youtu.be/wHQKij7tATE

2019-07-06 05:22:14

Answer: many YouTubers started playing the game again like PewDiePie. And a channel called "CallMeCarson" has made a server with many other famous Minecraft YouTubers like AntVenom and SkyDoesMinecraft.

c9pwu3

et4oy6e

2019-07-06 23:06:48

What's up with Minecrafr being played again by many people?

I saw some memes and Pewdiepie going on his playthrough. https://youtu.be/wHQKij7tATE

2019-07-06 05:22:14

Answer: Calling someone a "vegetable" usually refers to someone who is in a vegetative state having suffered a traumatic injury, and is expected to spend the rest of his life unconscious, un-moving, and unaware. I've never heard of someone who is simply disabled being called a vegetable. If that's happening, it must be that people are misappropriating the word.

c9r857

et1thpb

2019-07-06 08:58:46

What's the deal with calling disabled people vegetables?

https://www.reddit.com/r/madlads/comments/bxh1i4/please_eat_a_disabled_person/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Pls bot don't delete this

2019-07-06 08:11:57

Answer: Gallagher was acquitted because another soldier, a witness testifying with immunity, confessed that he was the actual murderer. This is disputed by other eyewitness accounts, but it was enough to convince the jury. Trump “helped” by ordering Gallagher be moved to less-restrictive confinement back in March. Basically, some people believe he is guilty and should be punished, and some people think he’s not guilty and has been mistreated by the Navy. So, debate on Twitter is pretty active right now.

c9r915

et2fxcv

2019-07-06 12:30:37

What's going on with Eddie Gallagher and social media?

Half of people praise him for being a hero and thanking him for his service, the other half claim he is a psychopathic murderer. How can this be? Surely the trial would not ignore evidence for the latter. Why was he acquitted? Trump tweeted about how he was 'glad he could help'. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1146430380981067777?s=19 How so?

2019-07-06 08:15:39

Answer: It seems fairly obvious that's it's light hearted ribbing of British people's love of tea. As for why now, it's the internet. No one decides when something becomes a meme, it just happens. That's what makes the internet awesome; the chaos.

c9tp0s

et2t52e

2019-07-06 14:10:34

What's up with these memes?

What's up with these memes where there is a British person, tea and leaf? They are saying that when you put a leaf in tea, British person will like it. Here's an example https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/c9e3qz/gourmet_drink/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I sometimes see memes like this and I don't understand them. British people like leaves or what? XD Could someone explain it to me? Edit: I didn't realize that there is water in the meme which I put as an example, but I think it's the same.

2019-07-06 13:39:44

Answer: The meme says leaf in water not leaf in tea. When you boil tea leaves in water you create tea. The Chinese invented this but the British are most associated with tea.

c9tp0s

et2txw3

2019-07-06 14:17:31

What's up with these memes?

What's up with these memes where there is a British person, tea and leaf? They are saying that when you put a leaf in tea, British person will like it. Here's an example https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/c9e3qz/gourmet_drink/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I sometimes see memes like this and I don't understand them. British people like leaves or what? XD Could someone explain it to me? Edit: I didn't realize that there is water in the meme which I put as an example, but I think it's the same.

2019-07-06 13:39:44

Answer: It all started when waterguy, who were just another user, no one particular at the time, posted a meme that said he was going away for a while and asked me irl to tag him in funny memes so he wouldn't miss anything. This got some traction and waterguy12 came back to find himself all over the sub for weeks. All of a sudden, waterguy12 reached an almost saint like persona on the sub and he started posted several water related memes. When this has been happening for a while fireguy12 started posting fire memes and soon a civil war raged in the sub(all in good spirit, of course). So long story short: they are just a couple of memers doing meme things

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et3cq5e

2019-07-06 16:44:18

What’s going on with r/me_irl and u/waterguy12 and u/fireguy12?

I just recently joined me irl and I have 0 clue what’s going on. I mean the memes are pretty cool but I feel really weird seeing these memes. Who are they? What’s their story? I am really curious, as r/me_irl is like a thing I would want to understand [what even does this mean??](https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/c6ufa3/me_irl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app)

2019-07-06 16:17:55

Answer: It's looking like people are upset because [An Arizona Starbucks asked a group of police officers to leave because a customer felt unsafe with them there](https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/starbucks-shop-boots-police-officers-because-customer-did-not-feel-safe-reports). While there isn't any information on the customer and why they felt uncomfortable, it's looking like those that are supportive of police are becoming vocal against Starbucks and using hashtags to trend on social media.

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et3d64u

2019-07-06 16:47:35

What’s up with everyone dumping starbucks again?

Seeing a lot of tweets like this: https://twitter.com/17shortfuse/status/1147525958041243648?s=21 https://twitter.com/krystalluvsyou2/status/1147520599734018049?s=21 https://twitter.com/alexagarofalo04/status/1147518193520521219?s=21

2019-07-06 16:36:14

Answer: Give 1,000,000 people microphones, you'll hear plenty of stupid things. She did something of an eyerolling interview with Spiked, addressing race in a trademark white person way. Building up strawmen of liberals to pick apart. Giving the sort of hot takes on the working class man you'd expect from a Marxist who gets all their income via podcasting and Patreon grifting.

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et43g1v

2019-07-06 20:04:42

Why are people talking about Amber Frost?

[context ](https://imgur.com/a/2rXggKT) I've been seeing people on twitter talk about her, and it seems that she's a "woke" person who maybe said something controversial? I've never heard of her before today, who is she and what did she do?

2019-07-06 03:03:55

Answer: Spike published this article, titled ["Meet the anti-woke left"](https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/04/meet-the-anti-woke-left/) detailing Frost's specific brand of leftism. From the article: >I’m in New York to try to understand the thinking behind the ‘dirtbag left’. The phrase was coined by Amber A’Lee Frost, a writer, commentator and activist, to describe a loose constellation of American leftists who reject the civility, piety and PC that has come to characterise much of the left. Frost is a co-host of the hugely successful [Chapo Trap House](https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house), which offers a funny, irony-laden and often downright vulgar take on contemporary politics from the left.  So people have been criticizing her views as poor attempts at being "edgy" from the left. A lot of people of Twitter have detailed their negative opinions about her, including their experiences meeting her in person. Most people consider her to lack substance and just be out to outrage people, rather than standing for any particular ideology. To add, she is also a class reductionist, meaning she only cares about the issue of class in politics, not "identity politics", which address race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. From the article: >Not only that, for Frost, identitarian divisions based on gender, race and sexuality are ‘a distraction at best, an active detriment at worst’. ‘The biggest divide in American society is class and that’s it. I’m a class-first person’, she tells me. ‘You’re hearing in the election how much we need to elect a woman or we need to elect a woman of colour. But the most left-wing candidate is an old, white, heterosexual man [Bernie Sanders] and I want him to win… I’m a Bernie bro. I was a Bernie bro in 2016 and I am now.’ And people are criticizing this as well, since it's a very one-dimensional look at our society's problems. The anti-woke part comes from her being against being "woke" and dealing solely in identity politics and more what she sees as woke in dealing with class slissues that most people dont think about. Edit: formatting, more details

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et48uqc

2019-07-06 20:47:01

Why are people talking about Amber Frost?

[context ](https://imgur.com/a/2rXggKT) I've been seeing people on twitter talk about her, and it seems that she's a "woke" person who maybe said something controversial? I've never heard of her before today, who is she and what did she do?

2019-07-06 03:03:55

Answer: I believe it's because of [this Tweet](https://twitter.com/nocontxtsonic/status/1147482777018916866) from the "No Context Sonic" Twitter account where people will type in "Sonic and Tails go to" and let mobile autocomplete finish the sentence, with the account making images of the best responses. [Another reason is that First4Figures announced a new figure of Sonic and Tails today.](https://twitter.com/sonicstadium/status/1147492742039298048)

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et449k1

2019-07-06 20:10:58

What's up with Sonic and Tails trending on Twitter?

I get on Twitter to see [Sonic and Tails trending](https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Sonic%20and%20Tails%22&src=trend_click). Did something happen to make them trend today?

2019-07-06 19:49:45

Answer: There's a meme of people kick the lid off bottles. This is the logical memeological extension.

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et4c9vr

2019-07-06 21:14:04

What's up with the videos of things getting kicked?

Like this one https://v.redd.it/qr0xwtzs4p831 I don't get it. Why is it funny?

2019-07-06 20:57:10

Answer: That video is basically the [Bottle Cap Challenge](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bottle-cap-challenge) but reversed. The original challenge is to kick the cap of a bottle in a way that makes it spin off. The video you linked replace the bottle with a person and vice versa.

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et4cdia

2019-07-06 21:14:52

What's up with the videos of things getting kicked?

Like this one https://v.redd.it/qr0xwtzs4p831 I don't get it. Why is it funny?

2019-07-06 20:57:10

Answer: Apparently a group of individuals online have pledged to storm Area 51 on that day in order to get past the ominous security that lurks in the shadows when you approach the vicinity. They intend on seeing the truth behind the curtain. What's even more interesting is if the optics of this thing gain notoriety the intelligence sector will become aware of this plan that is being formulated and adjust their OPSEC and other security accordingly. Here's a link for more details: [Pledge To Storm Area 51 ](https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/07/53000-people-have-pledged-to-storm-area-51-this-fall/)

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et4lbof

2019-07-06 22:31:06

What's going on with this event on September 20th about a bunch of people going to Area 51?

Source: https://i.redd.it/4vfw9muckp831.jpg

2019-07-06 21:18:12

Answer: it’s a meme but people will chicken out !remindme in 1824 hours

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et6f4e2

2019-07-07 14:55:28

What's going on with this event on September 20th about a bunch of people going to Area 51?

Source: https://i.redd.it/4vfw9muckp831.jpg

2019-07-06 21:18:12

Answer: It is a Facebook event posted by a meme page, that is simply meant to be a joke. I already know theres a few people that actually believe it’s real. And some are even planning on going for real. They believe that if there’s enough people they won’t be able to stop them. Well the truth is that they are very very wrong. The few reasons are that they are underestimating the geography of the base. If they plan on running though the back, or front gate they still have a good 15-35 miles left till they can even see the base itself. If they drive through they have 2 checkpoints or go through filled with hedgehog spikes awaiting to destroy their vehicles. And even if they miraculously get through unscathed, they have a entirety of 3 miles width of pure United States military to deal with (there’s like 3000 troops stationed there). So in conclusion it’s never gonna happen, and there never gonna succeed.

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et86mko

2019-07-08 01:06:17

What's going on with this event on September 20th about a bunch of people going to Area 51?

Source: https://i.redd.it/4vfw9muckp831.jpg

2019-07-06 21:18:12

Answer: Still 2 months until the proposed date. Not like that's enough time to tighten security, or you know... Move any incriminating evidence to an alternate location. Providing anyone even harnessing the amount of stupidity required to, "storm" a military installation actually tries. Fake news!

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etjqf0e

2019-07-11 21:05:39

What's going on with this event on September 20th about a bunch of people going to Area 51?

Source: https://i.redd.it/4vfw9muckp831.jpg

2019-07-06 21:18:12

Answer: It started with a joke facebook page. apparently it attracted people who actually believed it was a good idea.

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etq4jgo

2019-07-14 02:47:40

What's going on with this event on September 20th about a bunch of people going to Area 51?

Source: https://i.redd.it/4vfw9muckp831.jpg

2019-07-06 21:18:12

Answer: "On June 27, 2019, Matty Roberts posted on Facebook a satirical event called Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us where he wrote 'We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry. If we naruto run, we can move faster than their bullets. Lets see them aliens.' This quickly became an Internet meme, resulting in nationwide alerts and warnings issued by Nevada law enforcement and the Air Force."

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euftqvv

2019-07-22 10:13:56

What's going on with this event on September 20th about a bunch of people going to Area 51?

Source: https://i.redd.it/4vfw9muckp831.jpg

2019-07-06 21:18:12

Answer: This post was deleted by the /r/conservative mods but it can still be seen if you go to the user’s page.

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et4quap

2019-07-06 23:26:50

What is going on with this post on r/conservative?

They say it didn’t go live but TMOR says they’re lying. https://www.reddit.com/r/TopMindsOfReddit/comments/c9x3in/top_mod_on_how_leftists_are_planting_fake_anti/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

2019-07-06 23:03:37

Answer: it’s literally a meme, dude. What kind of business letter signs their document “Fuck g*mers”?

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et4ril7

2019-07-06 23:33:33

What's up with 'gamer oppression'?

Been seeing posts and comments similar to this recently. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzlmr1plBcE/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link

2019-07-06 22:11:25

Answer: [They are being held back](https://youtu.be/MSoAgdYNby8)

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et9owqm

2019-07-08 16:08:02

What's up with 'gamer oppression'?

Been seeing posts and comments similar to this recently. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzlmr1plBcE/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link

2019-07-06 22:11:25

Answer: it's a common meme format, implying that it was something nobody asked for. Example: * Nobody: * EA: We are now adding a third option for advancement that allows you to trade your DNA for advancement! We feel that giving you a change to trade your DNA to companies who will abuse it will really fill our corporate mission of giving our customers a sense of pride and accomplishment.

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et4tokz

2019-07-06 23:54:26

What’s the deal with comments that start with empty quotes from “nobody?”

Example: https://twitter.com/boyejoycon/status/1147617507127119873?s=21

2019-07-06 23:51:55

Answer: This was back when the [Super Bowl Halftime Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0hDV1ztrt4) (featuring Maroon 5) teased audiences with the opening to Sweet Victory and a clip of Squidward before segueing to Sicko Mode and more Maroon 5. Caused quite an uproar especially on /r/BikiniBottomTwitter

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et4ud5k

2019-07-07 00:01:17

What's the deal with hating Maroon 5 a couple of months back?

So I'm browsing through the top posts of Reddit over the past year for a little summer yearly recap, and keep seeing comments in a bunch of different [posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/al2gtj/big_mistake_dawg/efa2dc9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x) ragging on Maroon 5. I *kinda* remember something happening and saying "fuck them" a couple times myself, but I can't remember why. I'm sure when someone reminds me, I'm going to have an A-HA moment and feel really dumb. But hey, that's what alts are for, right? ^(\*edit: only asking because a lot of the comments are out of place in posts/replies not talking about the band. I remember something memey.) ^(\*edit2: Thanks,) u/Kirbachu^(!)

2019-07-06 23:07:34

Answer: At least two characters in OW have been confirmed LGBT in the game's canon(Tracer and Soldier 76.). So that is probably the source of it.

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et4xwfl

2019-07-07 00:37:09

What's the deal with #LGBTOverwatch?

Someone pointed out to me that this "#LGBTOverwatch" hashtag was trending on Twitter today. I'm an avid Overwatch player, but this is the first time I've heard of this tag, but I don't personally use twitter, either. I see a lot of people using this tag who play Overwatch, and are stating their sexuality and some even saying the characters they play share the same sexuality as them (I don't believe these characters in particular have been confirmed in lore to have a specific sexuality, but that doesn't bother me regardless). I don't personally have an issue with this, I'm just curious as to where this tag has come from, especially now that pride month is over and I don't think there's anything new in Overwatch related to this. The hashtag I'm referring to: [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23LGBTOverwatch&src=trend\_click](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23LGBTOverwatch&src=trend_click)

2019-07-07 00:25:02

Answer: blue and pink are bisexual pride colours. Hbomberguy has come out as bisexual, so I’d say that’s why. I don’t know anything about the rainbow pandas, but if I had to take a stab in the dark it’d be a queer eco movement, which would explain the green heart

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et52y3t

2019-07-07 01:29:26

What is up with the different color heart emojis on Twitter?

I've seen people using one or two heart emoji of different colors (green only, blue and purple, etc) in their tweets about pride. Do the colors mean anything specific or is it just random hearts? Examples: https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1147194038174605312?s=19 https://twitter.com/gredmond76/status/1147542947812040704?s=19

2019-07-07 00:45:05