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https://i.redd.it/nzc445qqp1c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spb3p/i_submerged_a_five_gum_in_water_for_almost_2_years/
[ "And?", "and what did you learn? ", "How does it taste? I submerged pennies in water for 2 years when I was a kid because I wanted to see how long it would take them to rust. I couldn't chemistry when I was a kid :(", "1 year and 4.75 months is not \"almost two years\"", "2nd oct was a sunday, this is 10th feb which makes it almost two years bye", "Drink it. For science.", "Yeah, I actually wrote it [wrong](https://i.imgur.com/EXs2ovP.png) but Its suppose to be February 10, 2016.", "My mistake, I'm going to blame it on being american, and being lazy and not looking up the date with the extra information of the day of the week", "He wasted some water and a strip of 5 gum ", "[Science!] (https://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hail_science_futurama.gif)", "I would watch that show again if it didn't get taken off Netflix >:(", "we really need to get everyone on the mm/dd/yyyy format. It would be so much easier. for us. ", "[ISO-8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) most significant first.\n" ]
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I submerged a Five Gum in water for almost 2 years.
https://i.imgur.com/AcH2WqM.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spcxc/the_freezing_rain_caused_a_neat_ice_formation_on/
[ "dang how's that possible.", "I'm not sure! There were three stop signs at the intersection where I took the picture but this was the only one where the ice formed the way it did. ", "Guessing it started melting very slowly and then freezing again, maybe had a bit of a vacuum effect between the ice and the sign keeping it stuck instead of coming loose and falling right away?" ]
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The freezing rain caused a neat ice formation on this stop sign
https://i.imgur.com/aoEwJpT.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spdyk/focus_point/
[ "Beautiful yet threatening. \n\nI missed the unique Balinese architecture and gardens. ", "That structure seems to have been erected so that some day someone could come along and take a picture of the volcano erupting. ", "*Enter the Fog Wall*", "The gate to mordor", "Is that Mt Agung? Those Balinese doorways are amazing and EVERYWHERE ", "/r/evilbuildings ", "Awesome juxtaposition of man, structure and force of nature. The picture is amazing. Did you desaturate it a bit or did it come out like that?", "Isn't this a Photoshop? I thought this door thing overlooked a body of water or something", "The gate to World Martial Arts tournament arena. Do you smell that, Krillin? Oh that's right, you don't have a nose...", "The person looks like they have cat ears lol", "Where is this?", "Isn’t the phrase “focal point”", "/r/accidentalmordor", "r/fakealbumcovers", "framing", "https://i.redd.it/z6kerw90iewx.jpg\n\nLempuyang temple in Bali with view on the recently erupted Mt Agung in the background.\n\nIt seems to be streched horizontally a bit tho to make the volcano look taller.", "These things are all over the place in Bali. Would make sense to have one with a mountain as the backdrop. ", "Or, you know, just take pictures of a mountain every day. ", "Bali Indonesia", "Not my photo unfortunately ", "Maybe they built it in this way for the purpose of viewing the volcano at this particular angle...", "Is there a fist coming out of the volcano?", "Skyrim", "It's like a movie poster. ", "Couldn't it be a photo of those gates taken from far away to make the mountain appear the same size, but cropping it so it looks like it was taken not far away from it? Or am I stupid...", "More specifically this is the doorway of the first of seven temples at Lempuyang. ", "Not stupid, probably a longer focal length lens used from further away", "God damnnn!", "This looks like a scene from a Wes Anderson movie", "Cloud man needs a shave.", "Correct. You need to build portal gates everywhere. Just building 1 is quite useless.", "Bautiful bali. needs more fruit", "This is incredible ", "What a terrible title. ", "Reminds me of the animated movie, El Dorado ", "r/accidentalmordor was created four hours before this post. Strange. ", "Thank you for the info", "Paul Blart Mall Cop: Bali Express", "Would make a great inspiration for some ancient powerful space-faring race or something. I can just imagine a big powerful portal forming between these two gates to send you into the mountain temple or some shit. \n\nFuck I miss painting... ", "Correct me if I’m wrong, but it looks like there are 2 focal points, the eruption and the temple, while in between is less sharp. That’s what makes me think it is a double exposure.", "Took my honeymoon to Bali and can confirm, they are absolutely everywhere and absolutely beautiful.", "That's actually really close. Toriyama and his editor at the time took a vacation to Bali and loved it so much they based the world martial arts tournament off of its architecture.", "I seent it!" ]
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Focus Point
https://i.redd.it/qc8z1s7oc2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spg0v/very_curvy_border_fence_of_algodones_sand_dunes/
[ "\\#realfenceshavecurves", "Wonder if they plan on making the wall curvy like that or just spend an extra couple hundred million to make it level ", "I want to get a buggy and try to launch myself over the border going full speed" ]
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Very curvy border fence of Algodones Sand Dunes in Southern California
https://i.redd.it/l9gh14i3e2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spi2h/mandarin_fish_are_so_stunning/
[ "Man that looks like someone painted it, stunning indeed!", "I'd say photoshop but it looks more like MS Paint.", "Trick is getting enough copepods to feed them." ]
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pics
Mandarin fish are so stunning
https://i.redd.it/3s4btjkae2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spig5/a_snail_that_has_taken_up_residency_inside_a/
[ "Strawberry juice dripping off its nose. \"This mossy world is mine for the taking.\"", "BRB, writing a children's book based on this.", "Oh look it's a snailberry", "Is it a *The Hungry Caterpillar* children's book or *Redwall* children's book?\n\n*That day Samson the Snail slaughtered a score of rats, spilling their guts upon the field of battle before retiring to his strawberry for a well-earned meal.*" ]
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pics
A snail that has taken up residency inside a strawberry
https://i.imgur.com/aKjUZMJ.png
/r/pics/comments/7spije/even_the_statue_of_aphrodite_the_godess_of_beauty/
[ "Thicc", "The concept of the ideal woman has changed over time. It’s nice to see it moving away from stick figures again. ", "乇乂ㄒ尺卂 ㄒ卄丨匚匚 ", "The ideal woman *as imagined by the average man* hasn't really changed much at all for the past couple thousand years. But many people are misled by the vicissitudes of fashion and other distractions from self-determination.\n\nAnd there's plenty of individual variance. I personally have always preferred 'skinny' women, and always will, no matter what the prevailing fashions are. But I'm probably at least one standard deviation from the median in that regard.", "Well there's a big difference between plain ol' fat and *marbled* fat.", "There's a difference between having fat and being obese.", "Oooooh, nicely done", "It looks like she is ready to backhand you for that comment. ", "https://youtu.be/6i4wmgvKR9o", "I guess they had a thing for Hobbit feet, back then...", "[This](https://i.imgur.com/9NLZsgQ.jpg) used to be ancient societies ideal of a beautiful woman. It is theorised that in pre-ancient times man fantasised about women who were even more obese than that. It's only very recently in human history has the idea woman been distorted into the skinny stick figures like you see on that statue or on your high fashion catwalk.", "\"Fat rolls?\" Bruh... Fat rolls go around to the sides.... That bitch is lean.", ">The ideal woman as imagined by the average man hasn't really changed much at all for the past couple thousand years.\n\nsource?", "> source?\n\nAverage men have been boning average women for millennia?", "If she had Instagram or Cosmo back then, you know damn well she wouldn't let anyone sculpt her in that position.", "So you're saying men should be fantasizing about women who'll break an EMT's back. Okay.", "All I'm saying is that if my theories are to be believed, then yes.", "You overlooked the key word, \"should.\"\n\nAnd no, no to your life ruining, needlessly dangerous, costly theories.", "Lots of anthropological evidence. Men all across the world, even in primitive tribal societies, have all indicated a waist/hip ratio of 0.7 to be ideal for as long as people have been asking the question.\n\nIt's not a cultural thing; it's biology.", "I'm pretty sure that's just a fertility statue, not a representation of ideal beauty. Though, I looked it up to confirm, and they suggested the possibility of it being a \"fertility fetish\" made by men for other weirdo men.", "Fetish just means like a good luck charm in that context.\n\nThe funniest part about this statue to me is a woman like the one depicted might be so obese as to suffer reduced fertility, but the early human societies who made statues like these were probably too hungry to know that.", "Whatever you say, sheeperson!", "That is super interesting..The part about fetish=good luck :') lol", "She looks like she’s posing for a prison pic ", "Nice.\nI can even look past the cellulite holes", "source?", ">Lots of anthropological evidence.\n\nsuch as?", "Did you just explain to me what standard deviation is ? I’ve known kinda what it’s suppose to be, but you just made it pretty clear!", "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were disabled. Let me fucking Google that for you:\n\n[LOTS](https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/homo-consumericus/201002/men-s-preference-the-female-hourglass-figure)\n\n[OF](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19688590)\n\n[EVIDENCE](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513805000620)", "Classical art, statistics, and naked women are what Reddit is all about.", "thanks thats a real kind response you seem like a good person", "Coincidentally, my dickness-to-coolness ratio is also around 0.7", "ha well at least you beat the ratio of people who actually responded with some evidence to people who just said \"fuck you I know there is evidence so I don't have to show it\"", "oh hey i actually read the abstracts before responding this time. did you know that one of the abstracts you linked reads something like \"even though people say the ratio is 0.7, we found that isn't true\"" ]
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Even The Statue of Aphrodite, the Godess of Beauty, has fat rolls when sitting
https://i.imgur.com/Ieyh34Y.png
/r/pics/comments/7spjsf/the_circle_of_leaf/
[ "It took me some time to realise the importance of that gap", "Im curious did u find all these at once or freeze them throughout the year?", "In the circle of leaf\n\nIt's the wheel of foliage\n\nIt's the leap of autumn\n\nIt's the band of spring\n\nTill we find our place\n\nOn the path unwinding\n\nIn the circle, the circle of leaf", "What is the importance?", "You can’t make a perfect circle.\n\n\nJk. Decomposition.", "That’s where you put the final leaf to complete the ring so the Korok will appear.", "Ya ha ha!", "It’s bothering me that the gap isn’t centered at the top", "The fuck are you talking about? ", "Life is not centered ", "Are these all the same leaf?", "You found me! ", "Upvoted just for the awesome title. :)" ]
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The Circle Of Leaf
https://i.redd.it/da1dnz4rf2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spkng/pomeranianhuskey_mix_that_looks_like_a_fox/
[ "Until you see those eyes. Amazing.", "This breed could catch on.", "Colored kind of like a fox with really clean legs...but not proportioned like one in the least.", "Of course not, it’s still a dog ", "[Foxes are dogs.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canidae)", "Thanks for the knowledge ", "Is this real? It's hard for me to believe that's not a fox.", "dude that's gorgeous", "Husky and pomeranian... how?!??!?!", "This dog... Must be absolutely crazy to deal with. Both the husky and the Pomeranian I've had are nuts.", "Husky+ Pomeranian= Pomsky ", "Noam Pomsky", "Looks more like a Canadian Eskimo dog or a Finnish laphund to me.\n\nMost \"pomsky\" mixed are actually not Pomeranian husky mixes", "That's insane! I hope this actually becomes a popular breed!", "Doin a r/sploot", "Nooo. Pomsky's have really bad hips due to that disproportionate parents. ", "But, it's already a fairly popular breed. At least a sought after one if you're willing to spend the money on a \"purebred\" mutt ", "A very brave pom dad", "Or a mom Pom who didn't mind a guy who was a little husky", "We've come full circle", "Moms are always Husky with pomsky mix. ", "Momma husky was a hussy.", "Are you a detective?", "Hyper^2", "I know I'm going to get down voted into Oblivion for this... But that dog is fucking hideous. ", "Hey everyone has their opinion & you have your right to express it, not my dog so I could careless ", "wow, thanks for sharing.", "Artificial insemination coupled with Caesarian section ", "Not a Husian?", "Only when starring in a wildly popular TV police procedural series from which I seek anonymous escape via this Reddit account.", "The quick brown fox IS the lazy dog", "Now breed it with a Pembroke Welsh Corgi.", "Eyes look shopped", "I think you mean \"Huskeranian\"", "Hah, that's a good name :)", "Foxes are weird tho, having held one they feel like cats. ", "Bullshit, that’s how.\n\nIf karma didn’t exist, half the shit you see on reddit wouldn’t get posted. ", "Quite an interesting looking breed", "<something about crows and jackdaws>", "<something about graduating at the top of my class in the Navy Seals>" ]
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Pomeranian/Huskey mix that looks like a fox
https://i.redd.it/a4k5476ng2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7splyg/wtf_mcdonalds/
[ "this was proven fake years ago ", "Making America really great..... ", "/u/AltNameStyle, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\nfake\n \n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/AltNameStyle&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7splyg/wtf_mcdonalds/?context=10\\))" ]
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WTF McDonalds?
https://i.redd.it/uyz34jbkj2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spqew/dad_sent_me_this_while_driving_back_to_california/
[ "This isn't one of those airplane graveyards is it? where old airliners and military planes are put in reserve in a humidity free climate?", "https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N5966V", "Further, it appears this accident occurred on Nov 16, 2017: http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2017/11/piper-pa-28r-201t-n5966v-incident.html", "We’re there ppl around it at the time? It couldn’t just be sitting by there like that unattended. ", ">The airplane was recovered to a secured storage facility in Phoenix, Arizona for further examination.\n\nOr not.", "Notice the OP doesn't say when his dad took the picture. I'd say chances are it was taken on Nov 16 of last year along I-15.\n\nI highly doubt that plane is still standing on the median today.", "Yea it was a while back" ]
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Dad sent me this while driving back to California from Las Vegas. Maybe it belongs in one of these places? Enjoy.
https://i.redd.it/jkkzwd20k2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sprjx/aaron_paul_will_be_a_dad_soon_jimmy_kimmel_gave/
[ "TFW you just want to get on with the next 50 years of your career and people won't stop making meth jokes.", "He's my favorite Paul brother.", "It's the perfect cover for his actual career as a meth dealer." ]
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pics
Aaron Paul will be a dad soon, Jimmy Kimmel gave him a present
https://i.redd.it/9r0pwlqnk2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sps4f/i_took_a_photo_of_my_friend_early_this_year/
[ "Is Calvin Klein scouting lol, but this is an amazing picture! ", "Thanks mate", "Nice try. But everyone knows redditors don't have friends. ", "How'd you know?", "Source : am redditor " ]
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pics
I took a photo of my friend early this year during class
https://i.imgur.com/s5XB…;fidelity=medium
/r/pics/comments/7spscg/just_call_me_the_kingpin/
[ "What are u going to do with all those? ", "Challenge some teenagers, obviously.", "😋", "Better offload those quick, it's a dying meme", "Pity, all Kellis needed was milkshake...", "Man, you got snacks for DAYS! ", "Park outside a high school and profit." ]
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pics
Just call me the Kingpin
https://i.redd.it/f8p8nbsbl2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spt81/forget_tide_pods_all_about_dishwasher_tablet_sushi/
[ "What the helll have you done..", "Mmm, so fresh. Mild soapy flavor with a clean finish.", "Toilet bowl cleaner might make a good dipping sauce ", "[A patrician's taste.](https://imgur.com/a/emceH)", "This is what we are going to do now. Soap as food. Fuck you Trump.", "I always thought they looked like the biggest candy in those candy bracelets... nice and sour ", "That’s awesome! ", "Come on down to /r/forbiddensnacks. Therr is a place for you.", "Ah yes. That’s what I was trying to find. ", "Red, white, and blue in the face.", "Right!", "I fucking told my wife I should have posted one", "Apparently people are eating these in Denmark. It was in the newspaper yesterday ", "Guys! Before you say anything, just let this happen. We need to weed out as many idiots as possible before this year kicks in full gear. ", ">Finish\n\nayyyeee" ]
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Forget Tide Pods.. all about Dishwasher Tablet Sushi
https://i.imgur.com/2IQYQcL.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spu3p/my_wifes_tonsils_are_massive/
[ "Yeah right, and maybe you should flag NSFW. ", "WTF is wrong with that tongue? It looks yellow-green.", "I'm no doctor 😷, but that looks like an infection ", "Are you holding her tongue with an egg roll? ", "I know....", "Yeah, sorry. I got a little carried away last time. ", "She drank a ton of tea with almond milk creamer.", "I honestly don't understand why. Is this a blowjob joke?", "No lmao but picturing that is hilarious. Is almond milk coffee creamer residue.", "T H I C C", "Sorry, looks like an infection. ", "Oh, she is getting over strep throat but her tonsils are always that huge." ]
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My wife's tonsils are MASSIVE.
https://i.imgur.com/l5vg37w.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spvgk/a_machine_gun_was_set_up_outside_the_lincoln/
[ "Here is where the image came from: http://ghostsofdc.org/2018/01/08/machine-guns-lincoln-memorial/", "My grandfather and a friend lugged this heavy piece of shit through the Pacific during WWII. That can is full of water and the whole rig weighs over 100lbs.\n", "It's pretty unrealistic in Battlefield 1 where this gun is available for a single soldier on the support loadout. ", "Yeah, and its fucking amazing too. Gameplay with this should be slowly lugging a machine gun to the top of a hill while screaming for assistance." ]
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pics
A machine gun was set up outside the Lincoln Memorial the day after Pearl Harbor.
https://i.redd.it/kvhlkq09n2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spw51/adventures_in_ohio/
[ "Beautiful.", "Breathtaking", "which?", "I don't remember which roller coaster it was but this picture was taken at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio.", "Magnum XL 200 and Gemini", "Thanks (:", "that's more where I was going with that... I left my youth in that park." ]
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Adventures in Ohio.
https://i.imgur.com/hEf3SO2.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7spyv9/locals_dancing_on_the_wreckage_of_the_downed_usaf/
[ "https://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/02/how-was-f-117-shot-down-part-1.html", "http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20209770\n>Foes now friends: US stealth pilot and the Serb who shot him down", "The shootdown of the plane was considered shocking, the plane considered one of the most modern piece of equipment in the US military, with the Serbian radar defenses considered obsolete.\n\nHowever the Serbians have found modifying their 1960s Soviet SAMs allowed it to detect the Nighthawk. The plane was detected when the bomb-bay doors were open, raising its radar signature. Two missiles were launched with only the second hitting the plane.\n\nLt. Col. Dale Zelko ejected and landed about a mile away from the crash site and was rescued by a combat search and rescue team unhurt, minutes away from being captured.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown", "Is this the only F117 to be shot down? Or have there been others?", "The only one, and it took a slough of logistical failures on the US and NATO's part to even allow it to be able to be shot down.\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3dgb4s/stealth_bomber_that_got_detected_and_shot_down_in/ct4x1bc/" ]
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Locals dancing on the wreckage of the downed USAF F117-A Nighthawk stealth plane 'Something Wicked', Buđanovci, Serbia, 28 March 1999
https://i.redd.it/m0a1z174r2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sq20w/shes_perfect_and_she_knows_it/
[ "She’s a little scary looking and you should do the nsfw thing too. ", "Look at her face - that’s not even a real person ffs ", "Doesnt look like anything to me.", "This has no business in this sub. ", "No, she's not", "Perfectly plastic " ]
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She´s perfect and she knows it !
https://i.redd.it/fclctekov2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sq8wr/pork_on_a_hot_plate/
[ "Wow that looks awful. ", "Looks undercooked. Please don’t die. ", "You are supposed to cook the meat before eating it..." ]
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Pork on a hot plate
http://i.imgur.com/koXk88f.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqb13/perspective/
[ "Once a pup always a pup. ", "Not quite /r/TwoRedditorsOneCup", "Second pic is from underwater pupper, who is ready to pounce ", "Pupper. That's not how you spell S-h-a-r-k.", "S-h-o-r-k", "From someone who does not really browse r/pics, this is what I wish r/pics was all about.\n\nFascinating picture. Bravo", "That dog is like \"quit taking pictures of me and for the love of God SAVE THAT BALL\"", "I don't think they are the same dog... The carpet in the bottom photo has screws with washers holding it in place near the dogs left paw. This is super unimportant and I have no idea why I'm bothering to type this." ]
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Perspective 🎾
https://i.redd.it/7kpssi5ny2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqdtf/this_is_quill/
[ "Starlord? ", "Poor Olmec.", "Yes! He had a snail friend named Peter, sadly he is no longer with us." ]
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This is Quill.
https://i.redd.it/nkj8kt0py2c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqdxb/papaya_salad/
[ "Love the empty bowl plus hand! I love Thaifood and I never got the difference between papaya salad and papaya fruit. ", "Papaya salad uses green unripe papaya, I’m guessing. \n\nIn the Philippines we use shredded green papaya in quick pickle relishes and deep fried dumplings. ", "Thank you! I don‘t like papaya as fruit and didn‘t eat papaya salad for a long time until I got the difference, as you explained, the taste is not the same. Deep fried dumplings with papaya? Sounds like something I would like to try!" ]
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Papaya salad
http://i.imgur.com/4ttbbJe.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqgw9/perfect_beach_lodging/
[ "Where is this?", "Niiiice. Places like that are becoming harder to come across as big resorts and clubs continue to ruin everything ", "https://thesandsatchaleisland.com/en/", "Looks like Cities Skylines", "Everything looks like Cities Skylines" ]
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Perfect beach lodging
https://i.redd.it/6gozczz013c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqho8/sniff_sniff/
[ "While those are very pretty, they will also make your cat INCREDIBLY sick. https://www.petmd.com/cat/emergency/poisoning-toxicity/e_ct_lily_poisoning", "What a pretty kitty!!! And what pretty flowers too. He’s givin it a vvvv big sniff too :)", "Yeah... Get your cat away from those lillies. They're highly toxic to cats.", "As soon as I got home I took them outside, it was a surprise from my bf, but I do know that they can make her sick, thank you for looking out for her : ] \n" ]
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Sniff sniff
https://i.imgur.com/VY1Gsov.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqi9p/this_banana_exploded/
[ "Bananas don't look like that on the inside.\n\nSource: I've seen a banana ", "You almost fooled me!\nRice try. ", "Look at all the baby bananas... they are so cute.", "So that’s what a banana seed looks like", "But... but... what is the scale?", "Yiga clan inception", "An old Worms battlefield. ", "Definitely thought those were those little banana candies at first lol", "Is that...*banana caviar*?", "Actually it gave birth", "So fake... if those were banana Runts you might have gotten me." ]
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This banana exploded
https://i.redd.it/b2dtff6j13c01.png
/r/pics/comments/7sqigr/kurdish_fighter_kisses_daughter_goodbye_before/
[ "You know a lot of stupid content will get thousands of upvotes today. People will browse right past this picture. Crazy, the real world is out there. Getting to see your kids again isnt guaranteed to everyone. Sad and empowering all at once. ", "Your non-sensationalistic headline is unexpected, refreshing, and ultimately powerful (as long as it is true).", "It's quite sad that weight loss pics with half naked chicks get upvoted to frontpage nearly every day while content like this is often left forgotten.", "Oh stop with the fake pity party. Shit like this goes straight to the front page every time.\n\nFor better or worse, war gets old, but half naked chicks never do.", "That’s heartwarming. It’s going to be a while before she sees her again, so I hope the child remembers that moment for a while.", "Arm the Kurds!", "Aren't there a bunch of Americans that wanted to fight ISIS joined up with the Kurds? ", "Do you have links to posts like this that don't get upvoted? Or maybe a comparison of the proportion of these and the progress posts that hit front page? Or are you just talking out of your ass? ", "The day titties stop getting upvotes is.....nevermind....titties will NEVER not get upvotes.", "Come home safe.\n", "Not that I don't believe you - have you got a source?", "Pity party for whom? I am saying that this site is filled with retarded horny fucks with shit for brains that jump at every opportunity to compliment the m'ladies for their nice bodies but can't see anything further than their own dick.", "Hope the kid will know her mom was a terrorist. ", "I think you're projecting a little hard lad\n\nWho hurt you?", "ATGMs by the bushel, then the trukish tanks will burn, turk armor got demolished in their anti-isis incursion by those weapons.", "Yes, [this interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAQtFwavm-4) with American volunteer PissPigGrandad has a lot of crazy stories about it. \n\nAccording to him, at first the situation with ISIS was so dire the YPG was begging for any volunteers they could get, which meant in addition to ideologically dedicated people they also got a couple batshit insane ex-US military vets who'd gotten addicted to combat in Iraq/Afghanistan and wanted a fix. One got caught eating a dead ISIS soldier's foot, then was taken away (and presumably executed) after the other YPG volunteers found him trying to eat one of their wounded comrades alive. \n\n\n\n\n\n", "Funny, the rest of the civilised world doesn't see them that way. Let's ask an Armenian what they think...", "Leaving the Kurds out to dry is practically becoming an American tradition at this point. \n\nHope the YPG/J can somehow prevail and this family be reunited soon. ", "Got the chills thinking she will likely die fighting Turkey.", "That looks like my daughter; fuck.", "Probably shouldn’t have allied herself with a terrorist organization then", "WTF was that link?", "Welcome to Chapo Trap House. ", "oof ow my bepis", "We should also consider the fact that this is a lady with a gun kissing a child, and everything else is just left to faith in the fact that OP's don't make shit up for karma.", "IIRC the last couple of times they’ve posted about women fighting over there they’ve been showcased but not actually seeing much fighting. ", "I can’t believe we’re letting them die, leaving them out to dry while people like this fight to just have a home ", "You really have no idea what your talking about", "😢", "He's on point and your cute response is not ", "Have to admit I thought the same thing. Nuts how ones kids are at the forefront of so much you see and hear ", "Geeze this is powerful. I can't imagine having to kiss my daughters for the last time potentially.", "The Turks are calling it \"Operation Olive Branch\". They think the YPG is a terrorist organization, [but they're not, really.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Protection_Units#Allegations_concerning_violations_of_international_law) They've just been fighting for centuries and really, really hate each other.", "War is real shitty.\n\nIt seems real easy for people to forget that every person who went to war has a family. That they were loved. And that they will leave an unfillable hole when they're gone.\n\nIt's just... Real shitty.", "Aw, what a beautiful picture of a literal communist partisan! (Yes, that's we're funding and supporting - far-left anarchist and communist feminist armies)`1", "Sure. I mean it would be relatively easy to tineye this and find the news source it came from and get some confirmation of the source. However it doesn't really change anything does it?\n\nPeople do kiss their children goodbye and go off to die for many reasons. It is a timeless and ever repeating story in human history. Of course it is happening today just like always. \n\nIf a battle took place then someone kissed their children goodbye to join it. It is hardly worth the effort of faking the picture because the truth is always going to be there.", "That took a bit of a turn", "Found your alt", "Life and death without political opportunism is so much more poignant. ", "So just throwing this out there, not saying this is the case whatsoever: if this lady is a PKK terrorist fighter giving her kid a kiss before shooting up a police station in a small town, are we still feeling all empowered by her kiss?", "Yes, yes.\n\nLast time the US armed a group it destabilized half a continent. What could go wrong this time?", "The same 'civilized' world which not only let Syria and Iraq happen but also took part? No thank you lol", "The green shield in the corner is the logo for the YPJ, the all female Kurdish unit, not saying that proves anything but I think it makes it more credible ", "That's any time you kiss them though.", "Turkey is a beautiful shithole with awesome people and the one of the worst leaders I've seen in my lifetime. Pray for the Sultan...to get cancer. ", "It would be consistent with people of his obvious intellect.", "What about the female sniper who got a near miss?", "She’s probably YPJ, and you’re probably a piece of shit. ", "Why are you attacking me? I'm just pointing out that there is no context to the picture.", "How does wanting the adrenaline fix of being in combat morph into cannibalism?", "How the fuck did you get from this picture to fantasy land of anarchist communism? How does your mind work?", "Oh for fucks sake, why is Turkey attacking Syria?", "I like this. Everything happens everywhere so nothing matters. Nice. ", "Just Sad. So glad going to war is not on list of things to do today. Wish we had the balls to stand by our true allies. ", "It re- stabilizes? ", " They are having a war. That is just the reality of the situation. I'd personally rather have a good one than a bad one. ", "they are a ancom group...", "They are terrorists obviously /s", "Kurds win, they take down Erdogan, institute 2 friendly governments, U.S. gets huge influence in the middle East", "I don't know enough about continental destabilization to disagree with you, so let's do it!", "Anarchist AND communist? I get the feeling your just typing in buzz words.", "There's no context only if you choose to not use google. There is also a visible YPJ logo in the top right corner.\n\nThe context: Turkey recently launched attack on a mostly untouched Kurdish area which has been a safe haven for civilians since the war started 7 years ago, under the guise of \"fighting terrorism and ISIS\" even though ISIS has never been in the region. Turkey's main infantry force are literally jihadists with Turkish tank and air support.\n\nTurkey claims YPG+YPJ=PKK therefore the YPG+YPJ are terrorists and then proceeds to use literal terrorist jihadists to attack them with Turkish support. And they wonder why the international community has little sympathy in their fight against the real PKK.", "These women fight whilst their husbands flee to Western Europe and pretend to be refugees...", "Got it. I didn't Google the logo superimposes on the picture.", "> Leaving the Kurds out to dry is practically becoming an American tradition at this point\n\nIsn't that how you make cheese?\n\nSorry, couldn't help it ... ", "It takes about 10 seconds on google to find out that Turkey is attacking the mostly untouched area of Afrin and that the YPJ+YPG are fighting off Turkish-back jihadists who are attacking them with Turkish armour + air support.\n\nWhether this specific picture is absolutely 100% authentic - who knows. But the events are most certainly happening right now and something like kissing your kid goodbye isnt something unlikely to occur. Not sure whats so hard to believe.", "Sort of, I guess. No matter what she's still human and loves her daughter. Obviously horrible if she's about to murder a bunch of civilians, though (not saying she is).", "Politcally, since Turkey is a NATO “ally”, Department of State wont allow us to maintain a relation with the Kurds. The DoD still works along side the Kurds though and DoS does not like it. Quite unfortunate.", "Turkey is not attacking Syria. Here’s what’s happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Zx4kHLZPQ ", "That's not why. It's because the US wants to be friends with Turkey as a moderate* and stable Middle Eastern state who is also part of NATO.\n\n*I recognize recently it hasn't been so moderate", "Yes, you can eat a second slice of cake, it doesn't actually matter.", "We do arm the Kurds and it makes Turkey not too happy with us.", "Sorry i missed the small detail about how a few thousand armed civilians take out the 4th strongest NATO army could you elaborate?", "Propaganda.", "Great propaganda photo. Woman fighting against evil Turk. \n\nOnly if someone could post photos of victims of PKK’s roadside bombs. ", "What does PKK terrorism have anything to do with Armenia?", "How do you get to \"nothing matters\" from that?\n\nEverything does not happen everywhere. You are not kissing your kids goodbye. You are not watching your friends and family die. The story has happened throughout history and it is a moral imperative for humanity to find a way to end it. \n", "Take your upvote and GTFO.", "Huh maybe if they hadn't been put through forced culture oppression and been screwed by the Turkish government at every possible turn. Maybe if they had been allowed to be human beings ", "Well they aren't wrong really. the YPJ/G are the military forces of the Kurds who are trying to establish a state based on being eco friendly, feminism, and democratic confederalism (just Google Murray Bookchin its easier than me explaining).\n\nEdit: on mobile can't type for shit spelling errors", "Not propaganda at all", "Oh boy, a lot could go wrong\n\nIn fact, it's going wrong already\n\nAnd it's not even just US' fault", "But then again if this lady is a YPJ freedom fighter kissing her kid before defending against a turkish muslim theocratic dictators attack, it looks a lot more poginant. Erdogan is scum, the west should stop all ties with Turkey now.Attaturks vision of a secular government has been eroded away.", "I hope her kid grows up proud of their freedom fighter mother. Better continue the tradition of fighting for a better world.", "He describes it as timeless and ever repeating. It always has happened and always will. That right there takes away the special qualities of it and turns it into just another background action of the human condition. War, war never changes so we are nihilists, Lebowski. ", "No idea. I’m only talking about the posts I’ve seen. ", "Don’t worry about objective truth?", "I guess many of them can't even see theeir own dicks without a mirror.", "Well now that ISIS is gone and forgotten, there is no reason to rely on the Kurds to take care of things. Move along, back to Turkey committing genocide like it's 1917.", "But we haven’t left all of the Kurds out. Apparently it’s just some of the ones in Turkey that we’ve done that to. ", "As an American, I feel so bad about how we’ve turned our backs on the Kurds—twice. Still, they fight Islamist extremism, and suffer greatly from the governments of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and I’m assume no Iran, too. If any group deserves their own shot at self-governance, its the Kurds.", "Geopolitics does get real sticky but common man let me farm this karma", "You have a female Kurdish fighter, remaining in her homeland to fight, while the vast majority \"fleeing\" the middle east are men. kinda makes you think who wears the bigger pants.", "The People's Protection Units (Kurdish: ;یەکینەکانی پاراستنی گەل ;Yekîneyên Parastina Gel‎ pronounced [jɛkiːnɛjeːn pɑːɾɑːstɯnɑː ɡɛl], Arabic: وحدات حماية الشعب‎, Classical Syriac: ܚܕܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܣܘܬܪܐ ܕܥܡܐ‎, translit. Ḥdoywotho d'Sutoro d'Amo; YPG) is a mainly-Kurdish militia in Syria and the primary component of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria's Syrian Democratic Forces.[3][4] The YPG is mostly ethnically Kurdish, but it also includes Arabs, foreign volunteers, and is closely allied to the Syriac Military Council, a militia of Assyrians.\n\nThe YPG was formed in 2004 as the armed wing of the Kurdish leftist Democratic Union Party. It expanded rapidly in the Syrian Civil War and came to predominate over other armed Kurdish groups. A sister group, the Women's Protection Units (YPJ), fights alongside them.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Protection_Units\n\nOn its website, the PYD describes itself as believing in \"social equality, justice and the freedom of belief\" as well as \"pluralism and the freedom of political parties\". It describes itself as \"striving for a democratic solution that includes the recognition of cultural, national and political rights, and develops and enhances their peaceful struggle to be able to govern themselves in a multicultural, democratic society.\"[4] The PYD is a member of several organisations, e.g. the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK).[6] The PYD has adopted Democratic Confederalism as one of its ideologies and have implemented ideas of Murray Bookchin and Abdullah Öcalan in Rojava, where hundreds of neighborhood-based communes have established across the three Rojava cantons.[6]\n\nLike the KCK umbrella in general, and even more so, the PYD is critical of any form of nationalism, including Kurdish nationalism.[7] This policy stands in stark contrast to the Kurdish nationalist visions of the Kurdish National Council.[8]\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Union_Party_(Syria)", "This is a different set of Kurds we haven't been working with. It was actually Russia that pulled out all their troops prior to the Turkish invasion.", "Call anyone a terrorist and 95% of your population will lapdog along unquestioning.", "If his mind actually worked he might never have made such a stupid comment.", "No such thing as a good war.. Everyone loses", "Of course objective truth is important. \nIn this case though the objective truth is a photo that is being used as a tool to direct an audiences attention towards a wider story of human suffering in a place in the world. \n\nIf the photo were fake would the wider story of human suffering in that place suddenly cease to be true? Of course not. \n\nHowever if the photo were fake, then it's fakeness would work to undermine the message being conveyed. So it would be unwise to use a fake photo to convey this message. \n", "'He' is the same guy you are replying too lol 😂", "There is also a parallel story of people doing good, being empathetic to others, healing differences and making peace. \n\nIn fact this parallel story seems to have been the great theme and triumph of humanity. So which story do you want to be a part of?", "Excuse me, but I don't understand how that is empowering.", "Lol call it whatever letters you want they're pkk. US has admitted they have \"strong ties\" to pkk and us gov considers pkk terrorists.", "Yea, they're attacking people in Syria. ", "Troll", "Agreed. Half of these commenters are just butt hurt because they fail to realize how superficial our society is. These things *do* matter--character over transient appearance. Granted, they will most likely never be in a war zone saving their children's lives from an evil, corrupt group so of course people will have the liberty to downvote you. \n\nIt's sickening. ", "... then they wouldn't have spent 30 years indiscriminately killing Turkish noncombatants pursuant to their batshit Maoist ideology? ", "They've been fighting for centuries? \n\n", "Just give it time history repeats itself and they will be the next Taliban or Al-Qaeda. ", "Syria considers them terrorists... Russia has also bombed them.", "Research the PKK. Thirty years of indiscriminate killing. ", "That's the same reason we did it this time. ", "You're excused.", "Why are they attacking Syria though?", "LOL @ 4th strongest army comment. In manpower they are, but when they roll out with [50 year old tanks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_Patton#Operators) you gotta wonder.", "When you refer to Syria are you referring to their \"government?\" The same ones that broke Geneva laws to gas their own people? ", "You can be tortured and die, it doesn't actually matter. Queue Linkin Park.", "“Facts are good, but the narrative is more important” is still saying that objective truth is of lesser importance. Which, ultimately, means that’s it’s not all that important considering its intrinsic value.\n\n", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_uprisings_in_Iraq#U.S._non-intervention_controversy", "> Getting to see your kids again isnt guaranteed to everyone. \n\nMy brother was deployed to Afghanistan to a remote village. They had kids walk in front of the tractor so that they would set off the landmines and not get the tractor blown up. \"I can always make another kid\" said the father. \n\nNot everywhere are kids the same as they are here. ", "Fuck this shit ass propaganda! I’ve no sympathy for the terrorists. ", "They don't flee they infiltrate", "Turkey and Pakistan are battling it out for the label of \"just the fucking worst.\"", "Let Texas secede ", "Found the turk.", "The US labeled the PKK terrorists in order to get the support of Turkey. Turkey on the other hand has systematically oppressed, tortured, and killed the Kurds for the entire existence of the current state of Turkey.", "Isis was all along the syrian border FOR YEARS. Turkey didnt do shit. Secular kurds and Turkey invades.\nDo the math.", "💔 ", "The YPG are socialist and big fucking deal. Thats better than the jihadi FSA and wanna be neo-Ottoman army.\nThe turks have \"fought\" plenty of innocent kurds. And you know the YPG is Syrian. There is no None nada evidence that the YPG has committed any terror agaisnt Turkey. ", "She's sexy", "This is heartbreaking. \nI hope all goes well for them :'", "As a Turk, I want to tell that this so called \"olive breach operation\" is so controversial operation even in Turkey. There are many Turks that hate terrorist attacks of some Kurdish groups but also hate war, too. There are many Turks who never approves this operation. \n\nOn the other, there are many Turks who want and support this operation, too, because of bad reputation of PKK. \n\nSo, please consider that some Turks approves this operation, but some doesn't . Personally, I don't know where to stay. I don't trust the dictator Erdoğan. So, everything that Erdoğan do is seriously questionable for me. I do believe there should be a better way to approach the problem instead of war. On the other hand, Turkey seems to have a strong case here. That's why, it is not easy to demonize Turkey, imo. \n\n", "YPG took control of areas along Syrian/Turkish border.", "Look at the upper right corner", "That is why we had kurdish president and political leaders since 70s and still have kurdish party in the parlament and literally kurdiah language in every kurdish dominant region? Oh I wish we did not oppress them like this...", "Try being black, every stop light could be your last", "Kabul? ", "what he is saying that it is very plausible that this is plain old propaganda.", "Mental illness.", "The Kurds are most definitely not known for their willingness to flee. ", "People need to be careful of propaganda. PR firms have been paid countless times to manipulate issues far more trivial than this one.", "They're supposed to check them before the send the cards\n\nSource: I read all of the cards sent from the local elementary school for veterans day ", "That sounds like 100% bullshit.", "Imagine a kurdish Iraq to counterbalance the middle east. Changes everything.", "That daughter is never going to see her mother again.. Fuckin damn shame.", "Yep. Like how Japan loves to call Sea Shepherd \"terrorists\" even though they're nonviolent. The absolute worst they do is throw buteric acid, a weak acid that just makes the deck of the whaling ship smell bad. But they throw that label out and suddenly people think they're akin to religious extremists. ", "It's a sad situation and I certainly wouldn't begrudge any Kurdish people who are resentful towards the United States for it (certainly I would be if I were in the situation). That said, I'm not sure what would be a better solution. The US could try to mediate to peace between the Kurds and Turkey, but neither party is happy with the status quo and the peace demands either side would have would be unacceptable to the other side. This is to say nothing that other nations in the region would want a say in the matter. ", "If we have to pick a Western nation to throw under the bus for Middle Eastern problems (as if they don't share tremendous responsibility in their own fate as people), then I'm throwing Britain under the bus. The former British Empire fucked a lot of things up, not just in the Middle East, but across the planet. ", "And that's bad because....???", "This woman is YPJ. Says so right in the picture.", "The Turks and the Kurds have, yes.", "I mean that show was pretty horrible.", "Lol can you read? I'm saying no matter whatever letters they use everyone knows theyre pkk terrorists.", "You realize these are Kurds and not Arabs?", "She is in the YPJ, not the PKK. Also, Turkish repression of the Kurds has been barbaric, so I'm not surprised they have issues with terrorism. ", "I think this poster was referring to the poor track record Turkey has when dealing with ethnic minorities; i.e. committing genocide against one, and repressing another until they have turned to terrorism. ", "'walk in front of the tractor' What tractor? Why? This sounds like complete shite. ", "You just knew that everyone would turn on the Kurds after ISIS was defeated. It was glaringly obvious that no power player in the region was willing to give up land for a Kurdistan.", "He’s not really taking away the special qualities. Just saying it doesn’t really matter if it’s ‘real’ or not because it portrays a real world situation that has, does, and will happen. Even if it’s created in photoshop it’s a real situation.", "The Kurds deserve their own country, they had their shit together before their own government did", "This is a photograph bringing attention to some facts, i.e. that Turkey is attacking the city of Afrin and kurds are defending it.\n\nHow is that saying that facts are not important? You are putting words together to make sentences, but those sentences don't make much sense to me. \n", "we get it your brother doesn't think that brown people love their kids", "the YPG's \"parent\" organization, the PKK is also a designated terrorist group by the DoD", "> I can’t believe we’re letting them die\n\nyou don't know much about american foreign policy, do you?", "> history repeats itself\n\nit really doesn't", "> Syria considers them terrorists\n\nnot really\n\n", "i'm honestly surprised you haven't heard of chapo trap house with a username like that", "I thought the Department of State doesn't do anything under the current administration.", "they've controlled them for a couple years now, actually. afrin was one of their first strongholds", "> Imagine a kurdish Iraq\n\nthat would be wild considering that iraq is still majority arab", "Reminds me of the circa 1990 Iraqi army. 4th largest army on the planet based on size, crushed in a month by a US led (about 7/9 US forces with remaining comprised of mostly British and middle eastern all forces) coalition. Numbers mean nothing if who you're facing is better armed.\n\nPS. I'm not siding with anyone, just pointing out that size of an army means nothing in modern combat.", "Not really. Even the wiki article says that the conflict is modern. Uprisings by tribes of Kurds against the empire isnt really the same thing as Kurdish-Turkish conflict for centuries. And no, most Kurds and Turks do not hate each other. \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish_rebellions_in_Turkey\n\n", "A farm tractor. To a farmer it's worth more than anything else in the world. ", "You could probably find the same thing in Cambodia. It's just he never served there. ", "The arms dealers win.", "not really. during ottoman times kurds were generally indistinguishable from other muslim populations in the empire. it was only after ataturk started the whole \"turkish state\" deal that the kinds of ethnic sectarianism you see today between them and the kurds started.", "Combat footage isn't usually very interesting outside of movies. And it's a little rude to actually show video of dead bodies.", "Agreed. I made the same point below. ", "This isn't entirely accurate. It's a fair bit more complicated", "But the Kurds don't even really want land, they just want autonomy under Syria. Turkey feels the need to invade another country to prevent that country from respecting its minorities too much.", "Remember that a dictator requires violence from below to depose. You cannot vote out a dictator. Whoever is fighting against the dictator is going to be vilified by every asset said dictator can muster\n", "You can support the YPJ and YPG", "Imagine if military aged males decided to stay and fight for freedom and quality of life for their children instead of flooding Europe. \n\nKudos to the Kurds for wanting their Homeland. \n\nBased people. ", "is it chocolate? the very best chocolate?", "pretty sure whoosh", "I wouldn't even pinpoint it on one really, US and UK sure are playing dangerous games but I don't think there is any \"heavyweight\" that doesn't take part in it, including fuckups within the middle east\n\nHowever in this case, Kurds are not terrorists, the PYD/YPG etc parties are however dangerous as they are trying to split up the country by using Kurds as their victims.\n\nI'm sad people have to die for someone's shitty intent, it's disgusting.\n\nThis happened before with the creation of Israel, they split up the Ottoman empire, victimized Jews and created a state...\n\nThe UK had their take in this, and the Arabs shouldn't be left out either.", "Outside of that show it's an actual conservation organisation. Most of what they do is work with the Mexican government to catch poachers, provide aid to Puerto Rico, collect data on the salmon farms in BC, and protect turtle eggs from people and animals. ", "Ah yes the classic propaganda pictures before next war begins", "The shit storm that is Syria right now is producing some world war level of complications. US and Germany provide aid to Kurdish Syrians, NATO member Turkey then bombs them, Russia enters and aids the Syrian (Assad) forces, Turkey shoots down a Russian plane and a Russian diplomat is murdered on live television by a Turkish security guard, but somehow they forgive each other to the point that Turkey calls Russia for permission to fly in Syrian airspace so they can bomb Afrin..........? ", "For him there are only two browns. Mexicans and Arabs. ", "bs, i worked in afg and kids are cherished there moreso than in the u.s. i would say.", "Would it blow your mind if I said, Washington and co were terrorists in the eyes of the British Crown?", "What is Erdogan's case for invading Kurdish controlled Syria, besides \"I hate the Kurds and will never let them be free, even if it doesn't take away from my territory\"? I know he manufactured some bullshit about the people fighting ISIS being terrorists, but does he have any good reasons?", "Yeah right? Only if they stayed home to fight ISIS. That's just like only if you read a book or two to know the difference between Kurds and Arabs. ", "People seem to forget that it's not a fight against the Kurds, but a fight against PKK. ", "Where? As who? bs", "YPJ are the good guys", "I suspect Erdogan just wants to piss off the Kurdish so the Turkish people have someone to fear and fight against during the next few decades. He needs a stronger PKK to weaken the legal Kurdish opposition in his own country.", "Where are Kurdish people from?", "Everyone has their sins. I'd rather Turkey not be crossing over into Syria at all. Pretty simply, if you pose the question \"what needs to happen in order to make peace in Syria\", Turkey warring against Kurds is nowhere in any plan. The Kurds aren't going to \"invade\" a Turkey that isn't acting as aggressors against Kurds. They lack the resources, the Kurds aren't particularly unified last I checked even with their convoluted hierarchy of organizations falling somewhere under the banner of Kurdish nationalism. Turkey is wrong to attack the Kurds, and the PKK are wrong to attack random Turks and those supporting Turkish officials. The Kurds want their self-determination and to no be fucked with, the Turks want to not be fucked with. Both can have this if they abstain from fucking with each other. I'm more sympathetic to the Kurds because the Turks instigate a lot of shit, have way more resources, as a NATO member should be more willing to pursue diplomatic peaceful options.", "Hope this mother kicks ass and gets to come back to her family. She’s got more balls than me and I’ve got 2 between my legs. ", "My Mom taught me to always tell someone you love them......you never know if it will be the last time you get to. ", "This is fucking painful", "I'd rather no country crossing over into other countries to be honest, nobody (except certain sadists) wants war.\n\nWe're like brothers with the Kurds, shit would have went down much harder than it's doing as we speak if we weren't.\n\nIt's PKK that's pretending they need a separate place, and PKK is the aim of Turkey.\n\nIt's the trick they pulled to victimize Kurds and draw attention to the news.\n\nThis world we live in is a lie from whatever perspective you look at it", "I'd like to see some of our so called feminists do this. They'd probably be on that truck high tailing it out of there.", "The YPG has been labeled a terrorist group not by just the Turkish but also by the US", "Found the Turk. Dork.", "they'd all die? Lets not kid ourselves, the side with the better weapons is prob gonna win the fight. If you want Syrian freedom fighters to win, stop the world from selling planes & tanks to Assad", "Im out of the loop why is Erdogan attacking Turkey? Is it just classic dictator war mongering \"lets fight the monsters\" mentality?", "No it has not. The US is supporting the YPG because the YPG took most of the territory in Syria back from ISIS. Turkey considers the PKK and the YPG the same. The US doesn't.", "> You could probably find the same thing in Cambodia.\n\nwhy do you think that", "Country with a lot of leftover landmines and poor farmers. ", "> Imagine if military aged males decided to stay and fight for freedom and quality of life for their children instead of flooding Europe.\n\ni'm interested in wondering who you think populates the syrian army and the dozens of other armed organizations that fought ISIS and al-Qaeda ", "> turkish muslim theocratic dictator\n\n i hope the turkish state is consumed by hellfire but this isn't an accurate description of erdogan at all", "> if this lady is a PKK terrorist fighter giving her kid a kiss before shooting up a police station in a small town, are we still feeling all empowered by her kiss?\n\nconsidering the shenanigans that turkish police get up to in kurdish majority areas i wouldn't have a problem with her doing that at all", "Yes the US has. Do a little homework an you can easily find what I'm talking about. The YPG was a terrorist group as identified by the US. When we needed local assistance in the region we couldn't back such a group so the US essentially asked them to change their name..they did to the SDF or Syrian democratic forces. We began to provide weapons an additional support to them an they assisted in the eradication of isis. All of this was confirmed in a congressional hearing with gates during the house intelligence committee meeting. There is plenty of video regarding this.. We just today actually released a statement in the past few hours acknowledging we are no longer going to fund nor support YPG (sdf) however don't want the turks to mess with them. Essentially we used a better force we could manipulate by providing them weapons to do our work because we can't officially pursue them (isis) in Syria as it is a sovereign nation an now that we are done with them we want them all to chill out an just stop their shit. Unfortunately this will never happen\n", "> I recognize recently it hasn't been so moderate\n\nit generally still pretty is. the turkish government is staffed by horrendous criminals but it's islamism is generally pretty overstated, especially here on reddit ", "> They are having a war.\n\nthey are going to lose so not really", "> Only if someone could post photos of victims of PKK’s roadside bombs.\n\nyeah those poor turkish policemen and soldiers traveling village to village raping kurdish women", "not that this matters, considering that the YPG's sister organization the SDF has a shitload of arabs in it", "most anarchists are far-left and could easily be considered communists", "> Aw, what a beautiful picture of a literal communist partisan!\n\ni agree, i'm happy i saw it", "the YPG follow a vague ideology that could be pretty easily defined as far-left\n\nduring the cold war they were marxist-leninist", "> Thirty years of indiscriminate killing.\n\ndamn that's like 40 years less than how long the turkish government has been doing it", "armenians generally don't give a fuck about kurds", "From Kurdistan. A large region in Turkey, Iraq and Syria.", "3000 Kurdish villages wiped off the map in the 70s and 80s. Over 350,000 Kurds displaced in that time. Kurdish language and culture banned for decades. \n\nLearn your history. \n\nhttps://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/kurdish-repression-turkey", "I ❤️Huckabees for a crash course in this statement ", "The US weapon industry has taught him well! ", "The word “allegedely” before every accusation literally means there is a chance that the info may not be true. Plus 80s cunta was installed by Usa, everybody knows that. And that cunta killed many people not only Kurds. Another plus for you; if you have accurate information from real resources come up with them. 80s do not represent Turkey since it was literally under dictatorship (again installed by Usa) but after occupation the second president Turgut Özal was a Kurd. He and the other governments following him literally accepted thousands of Kurds from Iraq to Turkey because that cunt called Saddam was killing them. Now tell me, if they were in a real danger would they immigrate from Iraq to Turkey? \n\nEdit: grammar\n\nEdit: this is the human rights report\nhttps://www.hrw.org/reports/1991/IRAQ913.htm\n\nEdit: Our president Turgut Özal\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turgut_Özal\n\nEdit: this is our child who was killed in the hands of american coup and he symbolises both turks and kurds because in the end we kill each other thanks to Usa\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdal_Eren\n\n", "Talking about [this one](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/kurdish-woman-laugh-isis-sniper-video-raqqa-syria-bullet-head-narrow-miss-islamic-state-a7813966.html) I imagine. Whoosh indeed.", "No...\n\nThe USA (and a bunch of other western countries) had been directly funding the YPG since the battle of Kobane at the end of 2014. They didnt merge into the SDF until october 2015, 10 months later. The SDF isnt even an entirely cohesive force. It is made up of a bunch of different groups under the SDF banner, including both the YPG and YPJ still to this day. The USA most definitely do not consider the YPG a terrorist organization.\n\nYou sort of half know what you're talking about and half making shit up right now.", "First of all, I didn't made a huge search for reasons specifically for this operation. So, I am staying away to draw a conclusion on an issue that I don't have a seriously deep insight. It's so sensitive issue for me. \n\nI can talk about PKK little. Turkey army destroyed Kurdish villages and Kurds suffered a lot in many ways. That's why, some of them rebelled against Turkey. Then, PKK was created and they wanted to intimidate Turks, and started to kill Turk civilians and soldiers. Righteous reasonsoning, wrong solution for Kurds unfortunately... In conclusion, armed Kurdish groups can be dangerous for Turkey. \n\n\nOne more point, I don't think Erdoğan hates Kurd people. He is getting serious vote from them. (Yes, we still have elections and crazy Erdoğan is getting around 50% vote! Sounds familiar? ) Besides, there is no reason for Erdoğan to hate the Kurds. As long as you don't block Erdoğan's path, or support him, you are fine. Otherwise, you are bad no matter who you are. Erdoğan is not blindly nationalist or racist. I think, he is a smart, evil politician.\n\n", "That's what AKP is claiming, but it's not what they are doing.", "Fuck Ataturk", "Jewish woman kissing her child good bye before going off to kick Palestinian family out of their home.", "If I'm making it up then I guess the US military is as well. Now don't get me wrong the US Government has its propaganda too but this is the video I referred too...\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/IkDssSVNz4k", "This just makes me cry.", "Your point sounds solid. Show people something to fear and fight, polarize society and ultimately consolidate your voters! This is one of the basic tactics that Erdoğan has been using. \n\nIt is unfortunate to see that this tactic is also working in the US. ", "So he's not racist, he's just willing to kill anyone who wants a free Kurdish state? I mean, that feels kinda racist to me I doubt that a Kurdish state comprised of land from Iraq and Syria would be a serious threat. Especially since it would satisfy many PKK members and YPG members don't even want to attack Turkey.", "Well its different to arm the kurds than to arm some dudes that fight for their religion. I really feel sorry for them. They defeated isis for everyone on the ground and are now left there to die by us. It was ok for turkey that the kurds did fight as long as they fought isis and not for their general freedom. Now they want their own country like they always did but thats not about to happen because they are in the same ethnic group as turkeys terrorist nr.1 and his pkk. ", "Linkin Park, ftfy", "That is not even close to saying \"the us government recognizes the YPG as a terrorist organization.\"\n\nCorrect, the PKK and the YPG share similar interests. Those interests are the creation of more independent Kurdistan. The PKK came to the aid of the YPG *BEFORE* they were closely aligned and helped defend Syrian Kurdistan from being slaughtered by ISIS when Turkey would not. Turkey would rather border literally ISIS than Kurds which is hilarious.\n\nFrankly nobody should give a fuck what may or may not piss the Turks off because they enabled ISIS every step of the way, and are currently using actual terrorist jihadists to attack the \"ypg terrorists\" in Syria (and a large part of NW Syria).", "This is not true, most kurds I met want their own land. They have it in Iraq and they want it in Syria, turkey and Iran too. \n\nSource, I lived in Kurdistan for 6 months.", "linkin?", "Technology has changed the way combat is covered. [Here](https://streamable.com/8gjss) is a video of HTS(Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham AKA al-Qaeda in Syria) fighting ISIS near Hama with drone footage and Gopros.", "Is this the YPG or from a different group?", "We dont care if 'some of u dont like it'. Thats not how reality works. None cares if some Germans didnt like the holocaust, they let it happen anyway.\n\nI'm happy that Erdogan is burning all bridges and doing this shit however. Perhaps soon, the west can retake Constantinople.", "Northern Iraq is Kurdish and semi autonomous. It was doing well until it got too good and turkey and Iran intervened.", "The US also sponsors the rebels which is a healthy mix of jihadis from different organizations mixed with legit rebels with legit grievances with the Syrian dictatorship, which is also a secular dictatorship, which has since Assad Jr's ascension to power provided protection to both Christians and Jews, as well as women's rights, and currently sponsored by Russia and Iran. Meanwhile the Kurdish cliques are the ones most reflecting western values of democracy, freedom and individual rights. The rebels now armed with mostly western supplied weapons and Turkey(NATO's 2nd biggest army) are now fighting the Kurds which are armed with mostly western supplied weapons.\n\nYet the US support to either of those(rebels and Kurds) are not given due to their values or goals but rather geopolitical causes which will only further entrench the greater conflict and prolong the chaos and suffering. \n\nIsn't it safe to assume that the next Great War will start due to some foolish thing in the middle east? ", "A terrorist organization backed up by a country with steady line of recruits and weapons doesn't sound so good. If they were satisfied with having their own country all of them would stay in Iraq", "The OP was celebrating this human connection, not denigrating it. No, it's *you* who made the leap from \"it happened before\" to \"therefore it's meaningless and not special\". ", "Is there a source for this photo? ", "Actually, no one wants separation in Turkey including Kurdish party. (Even though their members are in jail now) Turk folks love Kurds and Kurds love Turks generally. There are Turks voted for Kurdish party. Religion creates a strong bond between these two race. \n\nKurds basically asks for their rights and get rid of oppression. Compared to past, Kurds are way better now in terms of rights. They have same rights as any Turks. On the other, Turks don't have too much rights, too. In my opinion, Turks and Kurds are on the same sinking boat. We are suffering together. (sorry, this ended bad!) \n\nAs a long term solution, Turks need to confront with crime and try a lot to heal the damage they have done to the Kurds. Unfortunately, we are not even accepting how much they have suffered and ignoring the pain of Kurds.\n\n\n", "Atatürk was a visionary and a hero. Turkey will live to sorely regret turning their back on him when it comes to dealing with the rest of the world.", "This looks like my mom and sister ): \nHope they get to see each other again ", "What’s the difference between AQAP and HTS? ", "Turkey isn’t nearly as bad as Pakistan yet. Pakistan has had a forty year head start in its race to the bottom.", "found the commie", "The PKK is not the parent organisation of the YPG. Where’d you hear that from?", "I too love my girls and I feel this photo. I also relate to general discussion threads about this. Whether it's fake or not, it doesn't matter because somewhere, someone IS actually saying goodbye and doesn't know it's for the last time. Hard to even write this...\n\nI'm not a woman, so I really couldn't write the \"mom\" version of this, but I did write this one...\n\nhttps://www.publicarchives.info/archive-chronicles/commentarium-june-11-2017\n", "Short term versus long term. \n\nTurkey has a sizable Kurdish population which they've been demonizing and oppressing since the Ottoman times, itching for independence. Give the Syrians autonomy and security and it may spread renewed will to fight among the Turkish Kurds. A lot of the Syrian autonomy comes from the fact the Iraqi Kurds have been so successful with their autonomy. Iran would be equally worried about their own Kurds which has stirred their own instability at various points in recent history. \n\nNot saying it's right to not give them autonomy, I think they should be given their independence in a unified Kurdistan but that besides the point, you have to consider long term implications when analyzing actions. ", "Dont you love the islamaphobia when there is a powerful islamic leader actually doing something for the world", "There is a better one with delete your account (im pretty sure) its less meme-y and more grit and bone stuff about day to day life and politics of the YPG/J.", "I'm not a woman, so I really couldn't write the \"mom\" version of this, but I did write this one...\n\nhttps://www.publicarchives.info/archive-chronicles/commentarium-june-11-2017", "The US was planning to build and train a 30k strong \"border defense force\" from the SDF of which YPG (Kurds) is a subset. Turkey doesn't like the idea of a trained group with ties to the PKK ( a US-designated Kurdish terrorist group) so in response to the perceived threat, they started this operation.\nhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42687958", "I was so addicted to Afrin when I was younger! Just couldn’t breath out my nose when sleeping. Who would’ve thought it came from Syria. Of all places!", "YPJ (Female branch of the YPG)", "Its not like the Turkish gov hasn't given any reason for the PKK to get popular or anything.", "tbf the YPG are anarcho syndicalists (democratic confederalism is the term they use I think), more a less. So not wrong per se, but yea buzzwords none the less.", "because socialism is the literal devil or something.", "This romanticizes war a bit too much for me..", "They’re too busy bombing police stations in Malmo. \n\nhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-violence/swedish-pm-does-not-rule-out-use-of-army-to-end-gang-violence-idUSKBN1F629L\n\nSpez - in the words of Ben Shapiro ‘facts don’t care about your feelings’. ", "Largely geographical, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is fighting in Yemen and HTS in Syria, the latter formed from many Salafist groups mainly al-Nursa which was pretty much ISIS-light.", "Well, you can't really launch rockets at Turkey and expect to get away with it. Last time a rocket launched from that region hit a mosque in Turkey. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. \n ", "Can somebody please educate my ignorant ass about what’s happening in this picture? Is this current events or from the past? ", "I’m sure you aren’t biased or anything... ", "“War, Nobby. Huh! What is it good for?\" he said. \n\n\"Dunno, Sarge. Freeing slaves, maybe?\"\n\n\"Absol—well, okay.\" \n\n\"Defending yourself against a totalitarian aggressor?\"\n\n\"All right, I'll grant you that, but—\"\n\n\"Saving civilization from a horde of—\" \n\n\"It doesn't do any good in the long run is what I'm saying, Nobby, if you'd listen for five seconds together,\" said Fred Colon sharply. \n\n\"Yeah, but in the long run, what does, Sarge?”\n\n-Jingo, by Terry Pratchett", "already has started. ", "Everybody: \"The situation is rather bad!\"\nThe American: \"I know how to fix this, lets add more guns!\"", "Cause the kurds have been launching rockets from Syria and last time they hit a mosque in some town in Turkey. ", "What OP probably meant was that Rojava's aim wasn't (necessarily) an independent state. They were/are open for a semi-autonomous solution under in the Syrian state. ", "Them or Turkey, you choose the Kurds?", "You may watch this https://youtu.be/u8Zx4kHLZPQ", "PKK has killed so many people that reddit doesnt want to hear lol", "It is easy to refute a propaganda. If you have an answer for the arguments in video, present them. Otherwise, the wise thing to do is stfu. ", "WE MEET AGAIN MR. CHAPO", "Well, you can't really attack someone and hope they dont strike back at you or even better accusate them of terrorism for it...\n\nStart of \"Olive Branch\" day 20, Kilis hit 24 the math is simple I think.", "A lot of kurds supports this operation.Turk soldiers left their family with kiss too.Dont be biased,Dont side with people because they look weak.Research first ", "It is a powerful Muslim leader really doing something for the entire existence of the whaling ship smell bad.", "You're comment is too far down.", "They mean \"Turkey is attacking the Kurds again, because that's what Turkey does.\"", "I don't see you or US government protect the Palestinians from Israel the same way? Lets start arming the Palestinians and blame Israel for fighting them. ", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Zx4kHLZPQ&feature=youtu.be", "Women being sendt to war is just wrong. And idealizing it its pure madness.", "Decent analysis but off on a few points\n\nFor one, size of army means very little. Saddam Hussein had something like the fourth or fifth largest army in the world in 1990, it means very little in terms of actual fighting capability in modern times. Especially during peacetime when everyone is demobilized.\n\nSecondly no, nobody cares enough about the Middle East to fight a world war over it. NATO didn’t even care about Ukraine enough to risk a confrontation with Russia over it, do you think they’d do it over a half destroyed Syria? ", "Rename a terorist organization and no one will believe they aren't terrorists except you. ", "Oh, you mean those dope anarchist freedom fighters struggling against state oppression and ethnic cleansing? That PKK?", "Huh, I can't find any..", "They are explicitly not a state, it's a whole... thing. They're dope.", "Oh, brother. ", "Yeah man, communist partisans are the best. It's like people in this thread don't like idealist freedom fighters. It's like we want to oppress them. It's like...\n\nHey, are we the empire? \n\nYou guys, *are we the bad guys?*", "Well yeah, propaganda isn't necessarily bad. This is pro-Kurdish, pro-YPJ propaganda, but that's fine because we should *be* pro-Kurdish and pro-YPJ. They are fighting for *freedom*.", "And NATO will never care as long as one of its members isn't under attack.", "Godspeed.", "Wubbalubbadubdub!", "Current events, turkey invading North Syria region held by kurds who have been armed by the US. Turkey using the excuse of their own Kurdish problem and terrorism to invade this group. ", "The end should not justify the means. That's how war gets justified every time. The mujahideen were painted as good guys in the media when the us was funding them in the 80s after the cold war they turned into the taliban.\n\nI don't approve of the US training and arming a group in Syria near the turkish border against the will of both syria and Turkey. These fighters are mere tools for the us to destabilise the region like it always have done. Pray do tell me when if ever did the US intervention bring anything but destruction and suffering to the middle east? ", "Fuck war", "True about the army size, only included it because a shift in alleigence from Turkey would significantly affect NATO in case of war, we don't know how much it would matter since it's been a significant number of decades since a Great War was fought. \n\nAnd no one thought anyone would fight a world war for the Balkans pre WW1 but yet the situation there unleashed a whole array of other causes for war. Chain of events.", "that serious look in child's eyes is heartbreaking", "Sounds like one of the problems is that people are generalizing all Kurds based on their knowledge and experience of the PKK.", "Why though? I don't see any legitimate reason why they would cross the border into Syria. They didn't do anything when ISIS was on the other side\n\nEdit: Not siding with anyone just trying to understand why they would do that", "No, the US has NOT. The US has DIRECTLY supported the YPG in the battle of Kobani, the shadadi campaign, the manbej campaign, and the tabqa/raqqa campaign. It had us army rangers patrol the area in strykers with visible US flags to deter Turkish aggression in the north for months so that they would focus on ISIS. The US had supplied tons upon tons of military supplies like Humvees and bulldozers. A contingent of US Marines burned out the barrels of their M777 howitzers from firing so many rounds in support of them. The YAT used US helicopters (and of course US trainers) for an air assault on the tabqa dam. All this in addition to all the airstrikes, observation drones, SF training/advising, and intelligence sharing. The YPG has been the choice partner for the US because they seem to be the most capable of governing a region with stability, and they are good on their word.", "Yeah, everyone was talking about it. Saw it coming a mile away.", "It's no different then men.", "Heh right??", "Oh really. The whole history of human kind tells us otherwise. How can you say there is no difference xd ", "Same reason the US goes into other countries all the time. To kill \"threats\"", "What a waste. This woman, probably armed with a Mosin-Nagant, is leaving her kid for a battle where she'll be out armed. She probably never return, and this kid will be an orphan. What's the point? ", "I m out of the Syrian state.", "Of course you can't see me doing that since you don't know me, man. Israel can go fuck themselves tbf, the IDF acts like the US in Vietnam or Afghanistan, they get shot once, they unload on the general direction they got shot from no matter what in the way.", "Is that a fact?", "Such a great assumed justification for PKK terrorism and their killing of elementary school teachers. You are so closed to justify ISIS and Al Qaida Terrorism. ", "It's a bit more complicated than that.\n\nThe YPG and it's political wing the PYD were both established by the PKK. Although it's hard to tell for sure, most experts think that the PKK still has very close connections with the PYD/YPG. The PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by the US and the UK and is currently conducting a bombing campaign in Turkey, regularly blowing up police stations and government buildings.\n\nNow you could probably make an argument that the PKK campaign is the result of long term and recent Turkish policies with respect to Kurds.. But still, this starts getting you into deep water. ", "this is outrageous. why doesn't the world stop the brutal turks? disgusting.", "you have a strange moral compass. this is definitely anti-war. it's cruel. she may never see her daughter again. how romantic is that?", "not much, since the turks are obviously much worse.", "The kurds are doing the same thou. Launching rockets at Turkey and hitting mosques wouldn't achieve anything. They should expect Turkey to defend itself. ", "At least on the face of it, he is going after the PKK. \n\nLittle background. The PKK is a Turkish-Kurdish leftist/Marxist political group that was founded in the 80s I think by a guy called Ocalan. They eventually moved towards full on armed struggle. They are a serious outlet - they have a base in a place called Qandil in the mountains of Northern Iraq where members are trained in Guerilla warfare and Ocalan's philosophy. They have been using what are considered terrorist tactics against the Turkish Government for some time now. \n\nI can't remember the timeline off hand, but I think it was in the 90s when the PKK established branches in the other nearby countries with large Kurdish populations- Iraq, Iran and Syria. Although to be clear there are other Kurdish political parties on Iraq and Syria (don't know about Iran) and they generally hate the ones established by the PKK.\n\nAnyway, the group established in Syria, the PYD and its armed wing, the PYG, has come into ascendancy. They control a large block of territory covering part or all of Syria's North and North-East, plus the area around Afrin, and have set up a somewhat functional government.\n\nTurkey basically sees this PYD controlled emerging country as being a proxy of, or even the same thing as, the PKK. ", "That means: 'This propaganda photo is officially endorsed by the YPJ'", "Not only in manpower however i dont think you know anything about this.", "If you have the time, this explains everything :\n\nhttps://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/176-pkk-s-fateful-choice-northern-syria", "That's a really odd way to name your daughter.", "Easy peasy. Theres no \"good\" or \"bad\" guys. Its not that simple. ", "That is content created by Turkish state media, and is controlled by Erdoğan, and thus serves to promote pro-AKP propaganda.\n\nHeck, one of their stated objectives is to \"elicit a change in viewer thought patterns.\"\n\nIt is *not* neutral or objective information.", "That is content created by Turkish state media, and is controlled by Erdoğan, and thus serves to promote pro-AKP propaganda.\n\nIt is not neutral or objective information.", "> Is it just classic dictator war mongering \"lets fight the monsters\" mentality?\n\nBasically.\n\n\"Some Kurds have ties to PKK, therefore all Kurds have ties to PKK, therefore all Kurds are PKK terrorists, therefore our (Turkish) invasion is justified\" goes the logic.", "I'll quote myself, so try your best this time pls.\n\n>Start of \"Olive Branch\" day 20, Kilis hit 24 the math is simple I think.\n\nHint: Something something kurds launched rockets after the offensive began", "Youre example is not applicable to this case.\n\nThe US has the single most technologically advanced army.\n\nI dont think the Kurds have that, have they?", "Just to add, HTS or Hay'at [Tahrir al-Sham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrir_al-Sham) is a salafist/wahhabist jihadist militant group, who appear to be participating in the invasion of Afrin:\n\n[Also Al-Qaida linked HTS claims involvement in Turkish ops/attacks on Afrin: ‘HTS recovers two military points near Qal’at Sam’an in West Aleppo countryside after violent clashes with ‘SDF’ militias this evening’ (23 Jan) (3)](https://twitter.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/956125973044453376)\n\n([Syria liveuamap](https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2018/24-january-hts-claims-involvement-in-turkish-opsattacks-on))", "Yeah, fuck Turkey. ", "A mother fighting the evil guys for her daughters good is pretty romantic to me. I totally agree with you that it's cruel, but that two things are not exclusive.", "Fuck the ypg ypj they r terroist these guys attacked so many country and still stand on reddit thats incredible ", "just another terrorist propoganda for those who doesn't want to look at the bigger picture. wp murica!", "Yeah. The last Jedi teaches us that. ", "Meanwhile the Turks exterminated an entire class of people and refuse to acknowledge it to this day.", "Weeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllll..... there's been more social reform as a result of war or the threat of war than not. Wartime often brings new technologies into being. Wars have helped economically at times. So the whole people dying thing isn't great, but not every aspect of war is bad. Like everything there's good and bad to it. ", "It is literally war propaganda. I've got no love for Erdogans Turkey but it's not like the Kurds are an enlightened, blameless people ", "i see a terrorist kissing a future terrorist", "I’m Kurdish ", "Nice. 100% agree👍", "Very powerful photo, sad world and we all no there is no need for war ", "relevant username", "Wow so humane, so morals", "That's not true at all of the YPJ. There was a disproportionate amount of focus on the women compared to their number within the military in Northern Syria, but that doesn't mean they didn't participate fully. \n\nThe YPG releases pictures of their fallen fighters, or used to at least. Just google YPG martyrs. The pictures with green backgrounds are always women, so it's really easy to tell just by glancing that these women aren't just showing up for photo ops. ", "Recent elections/referendums were pretty much 50/50 support for Erdogan wasn't it? So obviously not all turks are religious facists like Erdogan. But the pro-Erdogan fraction seems to be a lot more vocal, probably because it is easier as they have the power right now and the \"peons\" that support him don't have anything to loose so also violence is no problem for them.\n\nI can imagine the situation for anybody who is still a \"normal\" person to be quite difficult when living in turkey these days.", "If the Kurds and ghe US were never allys. They both used each other to defeat ISIL. Once that happened they no longer needed to work together. Many of ther Kurds told American solders that if it were not for ISIL they would normally kill any American who came to their villages. ", "yeah he also video edited the us officials testimony etc. Believe me i hate him more than anyone including you, facts are facts.", "I'm a n00b here. Can someone explain me what is going on with this war?", "The start of operation \"Olive branch\" started few days ago. Day 20? What have you been smoking man? ", "If turkey hates them so much, then why do they try so hard to keep them as a part of their country? Just let the Kurd's have their own country, who fucking cares?", "Turkey is a terrorist nation with strict limits on anyone that isn't Turkish. They have been trying to commit genocide on the Kurds for many years just like they did to other cultures.\n\nThe Kurds were/are some of the USs greatest allies against al qaeda and isis and are much more western than sunni/shiites.", "So, we're taking the agency's word for it? ", "Oh, I get it- the bullet went whoosh.", "You're still talking about the greater narrative rather than the actual facts. It's an \"ends justify the means\" mentality.", "Terrorists have families and people that love them too. ", "Come on, stop being such a low effort troll they were never funny, you can do better I believe in you <3", "I just don't understand why Turkey doesn't support an independent Kurdistan in Syria. If that kind of territory existed it is likely that a lot of the most nationalistic Kurds in Turkey would move to that region, which would reduce the power of Turkish terrorist organizations like the PKK.\n\nThis reminds me so much of \"the troubles\", the conflict between Irish nationalists and the United Kingdom. The Irish nationalists had some legitimate historical complaints, but they engaged in unjustifiable terrorist activity. The Irish had consistently been an oppressed minority by the once massive UK empire, which had been recently diminished. Just like how the Kurds are rebelling against the former ottoman empire.\n\nWhat we learned from \"the troubles\" is that one of the best ways to delegitimize the minority nationalists is to give them some land, even if it is not all of their original land. That way international powers will no longer sympathize with the minority nationalists, and the recruiting power of the terrorist organizations will be diminished. Then you can punish the terrorists in your own country without any political pushback.", "as log its true, this is sad ", "And thousands of Turkish soldiers kissed good bye their families so innocent people of Turkey wouldn't be killed by suicide bomb attacks of YPG/PKK, homes wouldn't be destroyed by drug epidemic they cause to finance their terrorism and their families can live in peace. Life is not always propaganda.", "Fuck off, there isn't a single evidence of that shit, meanwhile there are thousands of photos of civilians executed by pkk. ", "Why do you think it's a Mosin-Nagant? [Her rifle has a hand grip?](https://i.imgur.com/ZuWNTqS.png)", "Well considering an average British is far intellectually superior to an average American, they more than likely knew what they meant.", "You think they're inventing dead women? Or that they're taking pictures of living women and just hope nobody notices that they're still walking around? \n\nAnd you think that this conspiracy theory with 0 evidence is more credible than the mere idea of women participating in combat? ", "I admire these people, figthing for their rights and their people.", "So, there's literally no civilian women that could have been killed that they got a picture of?\n\nAlso, as I said before, this is coming from previous posts on the situation over there. They had basically models posing for pictures that never went anywhere near the fighting. It was all propaganda.\n\nAnd, yes, I don't always believe what a group says automatically about war. Neither should you. I don't know why you're so set on this being absolutely true based only on their word.", "Propaganda is sometimes just a matter of perspective.", "pkk, pyd and ypg are terrorists. These terrorists have killed many civilians. These terrorists killed two teachers last year. Read this\nhttp: //www.hurriyetdailynews.com/students-colleagues-commemorate-teachers-killed-by-pkk-122996", "Okay, so let's say they have random headshots of dead civilian women, then photoshop them into uniforms, make the photoshop so good that no one can tell the difference, then publish these pictures, put them on posters, carry them around during funerals, put them on walls, publish them on the internet, spread them on twitter, publish them in friendly newspapers... and nobody notices that these women weren't actually fighters? They didn't have friends and family? Or are they in on it, too? How wide-reaching is this conspiracy? Are their supposed fellow soldiers all involved, too? Or have they just not noticed that no women are involved? \n\n\"Previous posts\" is not a source. There are interviews, videos, newspaper articles, photos, testimony, etc. of women being involved in fighting. I'm not basing this only on their word, I'm basing this on the months of research I did into the YPJ before I applied to join them. Show me any evidence that they weren't involved.\n\nOkay, great, don't just take someone's word for it. But to be consistent, you also shouldn't take the word of random sexists on the internet who say women couldn't possibly be involved with the fighting. Or even better, you shouldn't automatically believe anti-YPG propaganda. ", "The so called Legal Kurdish opposition has lost a lot of voters since the last election, including me. They had more seats than Nationalists in parliement by calling themselves the party of Turkey's people, they didnt stick to it. It was so retarded for them to contact PKK back and not force the things on political ground.\n\nAs a HDP voter of last 3 elections, I can't really blame Erdogan of this operation in Afrin. Right, the situation has grown because of their acts, but I think they are trying to get rid of the threats for Turkey as soon as they can.", "Siktir amın evladı ", "This is a good summary of current Turkey. ", "At last, Turkey has launched \"Operation Olive Branch\" in northern Syria to uproot the occupying PKK forces and give back the region to its rightful owners – the Syrian people. The military operation is now concentrating on the Afrin region, which has been occupied by at least 2,000 PKK terrorists who were shipped here from the Qandil Mountains in the northern Iraq.\n\nThe Turkish border lies to the north and the west of the Afrin region, which has been used by the PKK to infiltrate terrorists into Turkey and to carry out their secessionist campaign.\n\nSo Turkey is aiming to kill two birds with one stone.\n\nThe first is to eliminate the terrorist threat that has been concentrated across its border. Turkish intelligence says that in only the past few months, the PKK has sent 200 terrorists into Turkey from this region and all of them have been caught.\n\nSecond is the fact that once you clear Afrin from terrorists you can give the area back to its rightful owners, the local Syrians who have been terrorized by the PKK for several years. This is not only valid for Afrin but for all of the Syrian regions bordering Turkey.\n\nFor decades the region's majority Sunni Arab population, Turkmens and the Kurds have been terrorized by successive Assad regimes. So much so, that the Sunni Arab Syrians have been subjected to massacres over the decades by the armies of first, Hafez Assad and then, Bashar Assad.\n\nThe Kurds of Syria were regarded as \"nonexistent\" by the Assad regimes. They had no citizenship privileges; they were not treated as Syrians and they were not issued birth certificates. They could not own land or serve as civil servants.\n\nSo the regional Kurds have lived a life of hell under the Assad regimes. But things did not get better after the civil war erupted in Syria and Assad pulled his forces out of north in areas bordering Turkey.\n\nOn the contrary the power vacuum left by Assad was filled by the PKK. They forced their way into northern Syria through their armed terrorist groups imported from the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq; the PKK killed other Kurdish politicians and opposition leaders, they forced many to flee the region and created their own tyrant administration in the region. They called themselves the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and created an armed wing called the People's Protection Units (YPG).\n\nThe Americans supported the PKK and helped it establish roots in northern Syria, first by providing some arms, training and intelligence. Then, the American support grew and the PKK received heavy arms and ammunition to allegedly fight Daesh terrorists.\n\nTurkey raised hell about the support the Americans were providing to the PKK, but the U.S. generals claimed they would use the PKK against Daesh and then they would end the cooperation and collect the arms given to the PKK.\n\nThat never happened and there are indications that the Americans are trying to establish a permanent relationship with the PKK in Syria and also use this as a pretext to stay in the region. The U.S. is handing over the administration of Syrian Arab cities and townships to the PKK.\n\nSo now Turkey is taking matters into their own hands. Turkey started this campaign with Operation Euphrates Shield on Aug. 24, 2016 and pushed Daesh out of its southern borders west of the Euphrates with great success. The region became a safe zone where Syrians now enjoy the freedom they had never tasted before. Now the same is being done through the Operation Olive Branch to clear Afrin from the PKK and some Daesh elements.\n\nAfrin will be liberated and returned to its rightful owners. Then Turkey will concentrate on all the other areas occupied by the PKK and Daesh killers. The Syrian Arabs and Kurds who suffered under Assad and the PKK will finally be liberated.", "Oh great, did Erdoğan call up Putin to ask where he bought his shills from?\n\n5 posts, one year, 3 are passionate defenses of Turkish policy and 2 are low effort nothingness.", "This is emotional blackmail!!! Please watch this video\n https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/955368192758575104/video/1", "Always find some way to tie the blame to the US, huh? Nevermind that this is a tactic as old as the desire for power, predating America by any number of millenia.", "Unlikely they will want to be semi-autonomous forever. Kurdish in Southeastern Turkey have semi-autonomous power, just like in Iraq but if you follow this news, they have been wanting a state of Kurdishstan. Moreso after the referendum in Iraq Kurdishstan early this year\n\nIt going to blow up soon so Turkey taking pre-emptive measures", "People are dying and you feel it's time for a joke?", "There are no winners in war. ^^Except ^^the ^^military-industrial ^^complex.", "I see this as a very typical case of a dictator finding a common enemy to \"protect\" his people against, so they won't question his power-grabs.", "Humans: We punish kids for fighting on the playground then pay them to pick up guns and kill each other when they're all grown up.", "I have no idea which country is on the righteous side in this conflict but I know that I feel horrible for all of the children who have to deal with war and then possibility of losing their parents because a couple of adult men argue about the size of their sticks. ", "YPG/PKK/PYD they‘re all terrorists. They‘ve killed so many civilians and soldiers, so why do people defend those terrorists, because of propaganda shit like this? And the US established ISIS and provided them with weapons. It’s just good for the arms industry to make a lot of cash by setting up wars to sell as many weapons as possible. Smh get real people! ", "with that definition, war is always romantic to you. is that your point? i'm not sure i'm able to follow you here.", "Why is everyone mad at the kurds again? ", "Nice propaganda", "Go get'um Ma'ma. I would suggest something a little better than that clapped out AK....\n\nScream \"YOU BASTARDS!\" when you/they get close...make them think your Australian....50/50 Johnny Turk shits himself.....(Read more if you don't get this :-P)", "This photograph is the PROPAGANDA! I am living in Turkey and I have a lot of friend from Kurds. We don’t have a problem with Kurds. We have a problem with terrorist organizations. Ypg and isis. You don’t know anything about this war. ", "Love the girls sweater. Great photo all around. Sad", "Sure, it definitely is being used as propaganda. No argument on that.\n\nThe problem is the video you linked is produced by Turkish state media. The views they put forth are incredibly biased, and they are even editing together clips to suit their views.\n\nDo you disagree that the video you linked is propaganda?", "Ha! Now people are sexist if they point things out that you don't like? Amazing.\n\nAs for the rest, that's a straw man. I didn't even say anything about photoshop.", "Yeah true....but he's not wrong about the US weapon industry", "I mean, it gets things done. Shrug.", "Why your media is being reliable and our media isn’t? ", "But it's not the disease, it's just another symptom.", "Yeah, if your entire argument is that women are only pretending to fight because they're women, that's sexist. Do you have any other reason to believe that they aren't fighting, except the fact that they're women?\n\nOkay, so tell me how they got all of the pictures of dead civilian women wearing YPJ uniforms without photoshop, or other photo editing software \n\nAlso, what is your theory on the PKK? Are they just dragging random women around in the mountains for photo ops? And what's your explanation for the pictures of Ekin Wan's dead body? Are the PKK conspiring with Turkish military to have them strip those random women naked and take pictures of their not-corpses? \n\nAnd what about the pictures taken by ISIS showing dead women in YPJ uniforms? Are ISIS involved with the YPG conspiracy?", "\"War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting it's ultimate practitioner.\"", "Maybe you should look at how something is presentted. I will give you two sentences:\n\nMy brave mother kissed me goodbye one day and left to fight, defending our homeland against the agressors so we can live a happy life. She died for us.\n\nMommy was shot in the head in the 3rd something-war and died in the dessert.\n\nOnly one of them sounds romantic to me, but they might very well describe the same event.", "Taking any one media outlet at face value is foolish at best. If you actually take the time to look through various outlets, while understanding where they are from and their biases then maybe you can get a decent idea of what's going on. \n\nTo answer your question more directly: No I do not believe my countries media outlets to be very reliable. Especially when it comes to international issues.\n\nYou still didn't answer my question though, so I will repeat it; Do you think the video you linked is propaganda?", "Siktir git sen laftan anlamazsın. Soruya gelince bu video propaganda değil gerçek. \nThis link isn’t propaganda aq \n", "The first one sounds like something a child would turn in for a report that they don't care about, while the second one just makes me think about a war for chocolate cake.\n\nI agree with your statement though.", "sakin ol, roach oğlan\n", "Yeah, so is Turkey not enemies with the Kurdish anymore? Otherwise this pic description is a little out of whack.", "It's not my first language, I hope a get across what I meant..", "The Kurds are incredible people. They don't hate Christians, they don't hate Jews, they don't hate...well, they do have pretty strong feelings of justice and righteousness when it comes to fighting those in the region who have oppressed them, but they are as close to reasonable and secular freedom fighters as you'll find in 2018. \n\nIt's a shame we haven't done more to help them. Yes, we sort of went to war on their behalf in 1991, and we did assist them a bit in 2003, but we haven't given them nearly as much support as they deserve.\n\nA relationship between Israel and a strong Kurdish nation would do wonders to start creating peace in that region.\n\nEdit: ah looks like the Israel haters arrived just in time to hate my comment to death. ", "The Symbol on the top left is from the Armored YPJ all wemen fraction of the PKK. It is an fraction of a terrorist group an is fought hard by the Turkish forces. Over 30000 turkish soldiers where killed by PKK in the last 20 years. I underdtand that this facts are not welcome here, because reddit is full of PKK symphatisants and turkey haters. The western likes to show these terrorist as freedom fighters, even they out bombs everywhere in turkey and kill lot of civilians. It is politics, and the media is not in favor of turkey. ", "any communication originating from warring factions will be deemed propaganda by the other side", "Someone to fear and fight against us for the next few decades?I believe you do not know or neglect Turkey's history.Turkey always had Kurdish opposition before PKK was found Kurdish people were not just sitting down and minding their own business also.It goes as back as 1800's.If you are Turkish it is not hard to find someone to fight against for a few centuries not decades.We have borders with Greece,Armenia,Iran across Black Sea there is Russia.Europe is right there.I am not saying we want war its just if you are Turkish you can make people believe there are enemies of the country easily because of historical facts.The fact is Erdogan is hitting two birds with one stone.Number one he has the support of Nationalists in this operaration which did not happen that often believe me.Number two he makes people divide in their own mind even the Secular Turkish people dont know how to respond to this operation;they do not want war however they also do not want a Kurdish country at the Syrian border.Thank you for reading.", "No they are. Turkey even just invaded Syria (or at least threatened to do so) to fight Kurdish insurgents.", "She was KIA a few weeks later iirc. ", "Regardless of this picture today someone woke up and went to fight for their home. Tonight their children will lie awake wondering if their mother or father is ever coming back. They aren't. That is the point.", "It is so utterly sad that mother and daughter probably never will see each other again ...\n\nI have no words for this", "Did you read the human rights reports that you linked? It states very plainly that Turkey shipped the refugees out of Turkey involuntarily and coerced them to leave by beating them. It also talks about the poor quality of the refugee camps and this:\n\n> Ironically, the Turks had left Bulgaria because of the same sort of persecution to which Turkey was subjecting its own Kurdish population: forced resettlements, mass arrests, and a ban on the use of their native language, traditional names, music and customs. Just as Turkey denied that its Kurds were only \"mountain Turks\n\nHere's another human rights watch report about how Kurdish language was banned in Turkey. https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/turkey/turkey993-08.htm\n\nAnd here's another human rights watch report about the internally displaced Kurdish people in Turkey by Turkish security forces as well as unlawful killings of Kurds by security forces. https://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/turkey0305/index.htm\n\nThen there's this article about Turkey detaining thousands of pro-Kurdish party members and members of parliament last year. https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/03/20/turkey-crackdown-kurdish-opposition\n\nI can go on and on.", "Fuck Erdogan - Olive Branch my fucking balls!\nSlimey mongoloid POS!", "I read that ISIS found a body resembling her but no confirmation from YPG themselves.", "Any dumbshit on the internet can Photoshop a logo on some propaganda. Tired of shit like this not being sourced.", "There was so much controversy about the legitimacy of those elections that I don't know what to believe anymore.", "\"One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.\"\n\n-Otto Von Bismark, 1888\n\nSo people predicted that one ", "Oh wow this so powerful. Also can I have the pictures of the families of the dead Turkish soldiers from the last 30 years or so. Because the flag that is in this photo has been attacking Turkey for that long. Thx", "Very touching. \n\nAs an aside, the female Kurdish soldiers are a nightmare to ISIS. ISIS believes that being killed by a woman is awful, not good for Paradise at all. There are all-female units. They go running into areas yelling their heads off so the ISIS fighters know they're coming. And the ISIS \"heroes\" shit their pants. The Kurdish women are well trained too. \n\nThere was a video on them where they interviewed some ISIS captives. ", "https://twitter.com/DefenseUnitsYPJ/status/931616218733309952\n\n", "i am communist, yes", "https://twitter.com/DefenseUnitsYPJ/status/931616218733309952", "Of course it's propaganda, anything meant to produce emotions one way or another especially during a war is propaganda. Doesn't make any part of the image untruthful.", "https://twitter.com/DefenseUnitsYPJ/status/931616218733309952", "\"no friends but the mountains\"", "Great! Now I'm on a list. ", "Funny thign about that, originally the volunteers from around the world were socialists and communists and anarchists who believed in the YPG cause and in democratic confederalism. Then all these right wing Americans with a hate boner for muslims and a love for killing came in and turned it all to shit", "Go there and take them yourself? You sure are not just some pussy writing from the couch, or are you?", "Her biji kurdistan.", "Turkey is the country of denying genocide. Armenians and kurds both have been genocided against by the Turkish government, one cannot fault Kurds for fighting back.", "To offer another perspective, Turkey has been massacreing and restricting the culture and language of the Kurds since the 1920's -- on and off. IIRC it's still illegal to use Kurdish in schools in Turkey. There were also attempts to forecefully destroy Kurdish culture by takings their children away and raising them in Turkish households (i.e. cultural genocide). The PKK is one of the main Turkish opposition groups in this - they were a communist Kurdish group dedicated to fighting for Kurdish rights started by a man named Occalan who has sat in a Turkish prison for some time now.\n\nIn regards to Turkey Occalan began espousing a libertarian socialist (sometimes erroneously referred to as an anarchist-communist) ideology caled democratic confederalism -- the YPG adopted this ideology originally and had close ties to the PKK. The Turks will not have a Kurdish state on their border, much less one friendly with the PKK. To be fair Iraq and Syria also will not allow it -- it goes against their interest as they too have been waging a war against the Kurds on and off (Saddam famously gassed them, Assad and Iran famously used them against Iraq), and even though Iraq has a Kurdish president now he belongs to the more conservative Kurds who wont stand for a socialist kurdish state. So once more the Kurds have no friends but the mountains (a common phrase attributed to them).\n\nBack to Turkey it is true that things are not so bad for domestic Kurds in Turkey as they had been, but this is more so a lessening of the cruelty against them than any reparations or admittance of guilt or wrong-doing. There are still many Turks that are out-right anti-Kurd and the state is just fine with that because they need those Turks in case they ever need to keep the Kurds in line - they need them to form village 'guards' to monitor Kurdish areas.", "Eh, if that’s your analogy the US is more like “patient zero spreading around the disease haphazardly.”\n\nThey have the world’s most capitalistic military industrial complex and the world’s largest arsenal of intercontinental weapons. \n\nPeople notice what works. ", "Oh shit, I didn't even see that. That's an AK variant. ", "Keep in mind also that Occalan has deviated from Marxism into democratic confederalism as well.\n\nThe other Kurdish groups also often find themselves hating each other as well -- the main two being the PUK and the KDP, and neither will stand for the socialist kurds.", "source: https://twitter.com/DefenseUnitsYPJ/status/931616218733309952", "Because an independent Kurdistan in Syrian will push for historical lands in Turkey. At the end of the day Irish independence meant that the UK lost plenty of it's territory. If Turkey lets this pass, they are bound to loose more.", "This should never have to happen", "Nope I am at my station waiting for my turn to go shoot some back stabbing pussies. I've seen them myself also witnessed it through my friend's families. plural. Since we are sharing w everyone here, I though OP might have some of those too. Otherwise this is just propaganda isn't it? You are not some pussy talking some shit from the couch without being in the action and knowing anything are you?", "It was completely disappointing for HDP. And, I totally agree your points. Suicide bombing attacks happening in Turkey and civilians are dying. There should be something done about it. The war may not be the best option but still an option. I criticized AKP for not doing anything for suicide bomb attacks. Now, he is doing something. If I completely be against it, I feel like as a hypocrite. ", "Are you living there? Have you not seen or heard the decades of bombings and attacks? And you still have the balls to call this propaganda.", "Ah yes, terrorist attacks totally justify invading another country. How did that work out again in 2003? Fucking moron.", "If it stops attacks it is justified. Stop pretending to be the more high ground when same happens in Israel and nobody bats an eye.", "You really are dense aren't you? I do not support the Saudi/Egyptian/Israeli alliance and you're a cunt for suggesting that", "Well we can't just be nice to socialists ya know? Goes against everything modern America stands for. People living democratically without worshiping private profit? Gross. ", "First learn to talk like a decent human being before spurting BS.", "The irony of this post is delicious", "There are 10 to 15 million Kurds in Turkey where they can have a political party and they can use their language and they can even be a president. \n\nNow, tell me a political party that supports only black people’s rights in Usa and represented in the house of reps. Tell me what happened in Ireland in 90s and last year in Catalonia.\n\nTell me what is Usa doing in middle east for the last 4 decades? Tell me what happened to the uyghurs in china? Now tell me what happened to the yakuts and circassians in Russia?\n\nI can go on and on.\n\nBut the reality is that Kurds can and do live in peace and equal rights in Turkey than any other minority in any other country.", "Tell the ventrilloquist your goat is a liar.", "When I went to bed last night it was in the negatives! I wonder why.", "I like that moment.", "Here is a person I would welcome to become a citizen in my country because they were willing to fight for theirs.......", "This broke my heart and made me so happy at the same time. I was sad that this women might lose her life and her daughter might grow up without a mother. But on the other hand, I realized she was fighting for her daughter's future and was willing to fight and die to secure it.", "Ok, I was wondering! :)", "Splitting hairs. Autonomy means having their own land/government, even if it is under a bigger umbrella of Syria.", "Haha thanks my bad", "Yeah, that’s another straw man of yours. I didn’t say anything about pretending to fight because they’re women. You really need to L2R.\n\nThe rest is the same ranting as before. ", "That is one way to get stuffing...", "My first thought from just reading the title: \"I hope that she makes it home.\"\n", "No, I'm sure it's just a coincidence. I asked you what other reasons you had to think they weren't fighting. Mind sharing them? \n\nBy ranting you mean pointing out all the ways your poorly thought-out theory is idiotic? ", "Haha. I’ve already said everything you’re looking for. Go ahead and learn to read, just like I said. ", "Turkish bots like whoa all over this thread", ">I don't have any reasons that are actually defensible, so I'll just sit here and act smug instead\n\nOh right, there it is. I can't believe I missed it the first time", "If you join the military and go to combat the chances are you will suffer perming this mental and physical damage.\n\nYeah they don’t really make a big thing about that in recruitment", "Ooh, an ad hominem to add to the straw man? Nice. ", "Not really. An ad hominem attack is when you attack an individual in lieu of attacking the argument. I've attacked your argument, there's nothing left of it to even poke fun at, so I'm poking fun of your lack of arguments and your attempt at acting superior after looking like an idiot. \n\nAlso, you've been using the fallacy fallacy all over this thread jsyk. Usually incorrectly, too. ", "> An ad hominem attack is when you attack an individual in lieu of attacking the argument.\n\n“So I’m just going to sit here and act smug hurr durr” is basically what you said. That’s going after me, not what I said. Herp derp. And you make things up about my comments- which is the straw man fallacy. You need to study up in addition to learning to read. \n\nAnd, as I already said, I answered all of that already. You just don’t like my comments, so you’re saying all kinds of crazy stuff and not answering what I’ve already brought up. ", "I already went after what you said. Repeatedly. All over this thread. \n\nI didn't make anything up, I extrapolated based on the available information, and you apparently can't explain why it's an inaccurate interpretation. \n\nYou called my photoshop comment a straw man but you haven't explained how pictures of random dead civilian women turned into uniformed YPJ soldiers without photo manipulation. \n\nYou called my comment on the sexist origins of your conspiracy theory a straw man, but you haven't given any indication that there is any other reasoning behind it. \n\nAnd no, you haven't answered shit. If you feel like starting, I'm especially looking forward to the photoshop thing. You should begin there. ", "Ohhh I guess you can share pictures with your location and rank then", "This is just super biased bs. Turkey has a beef with Syrian Kurds because they're afraid of incursions into Turkey, because some Kurds want to take a big old chunk of Turkish land for themselves and also committed terrorist attacks back in the day. Naturally Turkey is against this.\n\n\n\n\nBut Turkey was also providing arms and funding to Kurds in Iraq in order to fight ISIS.", "That's not entirely true. Turkey was allied with Iraqi Kurds. Their beef seems to be with Syrian-Kurdish rebel groups because they are linked to PKK.", "> Thank you for reading.\n\nThanks for writing. Interesting to see a few different perspectives here", "It's pretty easy to demonize those who drop bombs on civilians .. ", "I dunno if they are bots...possibly just ardent Turkish nationalists. Lots of people really fucking hate Kurds.", "IIT, people who need to find out who the Kurds are, why they are fighting and where they inhabit.\nThese guys would be considered the most likely western allies in the area and have been previously. They are basically holding the front line in northern syria stoping that shit from spilling right out everywhere, and holding off continued attacks from Turkey from the other side mainly be because they are not islamic and don't want to be under islamic or turkish rule.\n\nPlenty of kurds who are not involved in YPG/PKK activities but rather just keeping ISIS and their affiliates at bay. This seems to have been totally over looked by Europe and \"the west\" in general.", "Totally agree. Whoever kills civilians needs to be condemned. \n\nIn 2016, Turkey had 28 terrorist-bombing attacks. This means one bombing every two weeks.\n\nHere is another report :\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/28/world/middleeast/turkey-terror-attacks-bombings.html\n\nThat's why, Turkey has strong arguments in this case. ", "I mean yeah, I think it's just pro-government reactionaries. Funnier to call them bots though", "No, you were purposedly playing dumb.", "Well, Kurds have had no country, they have been continuously oppressed by the countries they live in (discrimination, genocide, massacres, etc.) and they are fighting for their rights here\n\n\nTurkey is the main oppressor, their reasoning for attacking this kurdish group (YPG & YPJ) in Syria is “they are affiliated to PKK” which Turks see as a terrorist group, it is another Kurdish group active in Turkey that seeks equality, however in the past has used certain controversial methods (such as bombing police stations)\n\n\nThats the most simplified way to put it, go any deeper and things get opinionated and also very complicated", "Maybe if Turkey did not suppress the Kurds for longer than some might remember, they would stop that kind of attack.\nI don't believe the turks have a strong case!\nDon't forget the genocide on armenian ...", "that's from 2017.....thanks for proving my point for me. ", "The US didn't start the PYD or it's armed militias, they supported them (some) in their fight against IS. And if any part of Syria could be described as \"stable\", it would be Rojava, thanks to the democratic organization of the PYD and the various self defense forces fighting against oppression from IS, as well as the Syrian and Turkish states. If we want a more democratic, multicultural, feminist Syria, supporting the Kurds and their democratic confederalist system is the best way to achieve it.\n\nBut mostly the US doesn't care about that, they just want dictators they can prop up.", "Dude, you know nothing so climb back onto your couch and eat some more donuts.\n\nThe Turks are the aggressors fighting with an army made of conscripts and 3rd rate equipment. Their uniforms may be shiny but their experience is crap. The Kurds on the other hand are battle hardened and are fighting for their homes. I'm hoping that the Kurds hand that clown Erdogan a very bloody nose.", "I never said it was untruthful. I said it was propaganda, which you apparently agree with. So chill.", "Haha ok", "why do you think young moms and dads go fight in a war? what the fuck do you think they are doing this for? for fun? no, because they want to PROTECT their loved ones and because they want to KEEP their freedom.\n\nit's the basic reason why people go to war (at least for those being attacked. attackers, like the turks, are different). this picture does not romanticize anything, and the problem is not your language barrier. i think you have a wrong opinion about why people fight.", "Do you think every war or even conflict can be split in an attacker and one protecting it's freedom?\n\nI think not. The reasons why people go to war are complex. Each party is a little bit of both, although not in equal amounts.\n\nAn image like the one above presents a group of people who go to war with someone else as a lovely freedom and children protector and by that, presents the other party as attacking fuckheads.\n\nDon't get me wrong, I'm not trying to defend what the Turkish millitary is doing, I just don't think that war and people fighting wars should be presented like this. People are getting killed for no good reason. Solders, civiliens, children. There is no black and white here where one group is a bunch of murders and the others are brave men and women doing good.\n\nLets say I have two such cute pictures of solders saying goodbye to their children and I show them to you together, telling you that the two solders killed eachother hours later. Wouldn't that feel confusing to you? I would to me. My head would struggle to understand who two people are both killers, loving parents, defenders of freedom and invading fuckers at the same time.", "> My head would struggle to understand who two people are both killers, loving parents, defenders of freedom and invading fuckers at the same time.\n\ni solved this part long ago for myself, so i have no problems seeing people as murderers and loving daddies all the same. it's the reality of ANY war, is what i am trying to say i guess - it does not matter if i see the \"romantic\" pictures or not, since i (sadly) know this reality well.", "You asked for a source, here is the source.", "Fair enough. Thank you for that", "I thought women wanted equal rights, guess they don't, apparently they want ro cherry pick all the good shit and not the bad.", "I suppose Turkish soliders never kisses their daughter goodbye before leaving ? You only make emotional pressure. maybe you have photos of kisses but you havent seen this live sheilds. They use their childerens for protecting themselves from bullets they send innocents to front and hide back for shoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CueuVSZb58\nthese are rescued ones.", "They want create a country against Turkey ''Kurdistan'' They want our lands just imagine which country u live and your closest country is a Terrorist country did u imagine? Thats why Turkey started kill all terorists groups DAEŞ,YPG,PKK,YPJ,ISIS.", "The same way one should not deny these crazy jihadi idiots that are, according to them, responding to the \"American\" or \"Western\" systematic eradication of their people right? I'm sure you see the issue when one begins to \"see their point\" when defending terrorists?", "First of all, the entire Arab peninsula was Turkish land under the Ottoman rulers. We have as much as we can give already and now the Kurds are being used by the US under the pretext of \"freedom\" when the fact is the US only sees oil fields (which of course they will swiftly take control over in exchange for support in breaking up the region into further smaller pieces). If any change of status must occur in the region in question they must be returned to the Turkish people. In any other case, it may continue under the agreement of a Syrian state. ", "You seem to only want to understand and accept the teror propoganda. I wish the Kurdish people the best of luck under US domination. I give it 50 years max. The Kurds will be crying for the days of life under a free Turkish Republic. Look at the state of the Palestinians today after they supported the Western powers against the Turks. Look where they today, living like animals. ", "The people you see writing here are either a) US citizens that think Europe is a country or 2) Kurds and Armenians supporting and crying to the next masters they want to rule them. Ignore them. Bozkurtlar ve Asenalar her zaman ve heryerdedirler. 🤘", "Why would they? To declare the Turks the naturally enemy has been normal for how many centuries now? The US sees oil fields in the region and are arming the Kurds to help take control of it. So Turkey either directly attacks the US (out of the question) or eradicates the teror being armed to the brim by its NATO ally. Yet, Turkey is a demon 😂", "Over 3000 rats sent to hell already. How does it feel? I can DM you images direct from front line how some certain parts of your terorists have gone \"pop!\" 😂😂😂" ]
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Kurdish fighter kisses daughter goodbye before leaving for the front as Turkey begins attack on the Syrian city of Afrin
https://i.redd.it/c3ic7g8c23c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqjqs/this_craze_is_equally_stupid_and_insane_but_have/
[ "These pics always make my stomach drop.", "I mean...why would you? It's cool to look at, but one split second slip and you are plummeting a very very long way to your death", "Deaths from these climbs are reported all the time. I can't understand it and I'm not even scared of heights. ", "Ahh, the beauty of natural selection at work", "Some people just don't have fear.\n\nI have it just looking at this photo, opposed only by the cuteness of that girl's smile.", "im not really afraid of heights at all but i still wouldnt fuck with that.\n\nThink its more of, some people just have stupid", "Meh" ]
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This craze is equally stupid and insane, but have to admit it's a good photo
https://i.redd.it/0kys25vm33c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqmbr/this_guy_working_outside_our_office_wearing_the/
[ "\"I'm from Wisconsin, you think this is cold?\"", "\"Employee of the month ladies and gentlemen!\"", "Vrykul story bro", "I almost hope it will get colder so i can see when he reaches his limit... ", "Neck beard warms him all year round. ", "I see these dummies all the time. Too cool for coats or pants. He'll grow up one day. And don't tell me about tolerance levels - his legs are fucking cold." ]
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This guy working outside our office wearing the same clothes every day. Today it was -10C or 14 F
https://i.imgur.com/njrKHWX.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqmuk/went_to_best_buy_today_in_search_for_a_gpu_and/
[ "miners are gonna feel silly when the bubble bursts and they have a bunch of expensive space heaters.", "nah, go to streaming or reselling or cloud computing. ", "I think the folks over at /r/gpumining are the reason for this. ", "Blame crypto currency " ]
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Went to best buy today in search for a GPU and this is what I was greeted with. A shelf of depleted stock and slightly higher price tags.
https://i.redd.it/bd12cf7h53c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqou9/this_kinda_broke_my_heart/
[ "I get it, but it's scientifically inaccurate.\n\nThey weren't killed by the impact, they were killed by the dust from the impact blocking sunlight which eliminated food supply.", "So many feels.", "Not unless the meteor struck anywhere within a few kilometers of you" ]
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This kinda broke my heart
https://i.redd.it/09ebdsyn63c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqqom/looking_north_into_the_polar_night/
[ "Just wow 😍", "Miss those views! Stay warm", "Took this photo two weeks ago, back in Tromsø now. Honestly though it was strangely warm, right up to 79/80°N. Never got below -5°C and some days above freezing. Been colder since I got back.", "i honestly just went and put on a jacket from looking at this picture.", "*Moments before the kraken breaches*" ]
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Looking north into the polar night
https://i.redd.it/8wumqlvt63c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqr3a/a_new_zealand_rocket_just_launched_the_humanity/
[ "Article [here](http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/348866/high-tech-disco-ball-satellite-launched-from-rocket).\n\n>**High-tech disco ball satellite launched from rocket**\n\n>On Sunday the company successfully launched a small Electron rocket in to orbit from the Māhia Peninsula. On board was the 'Humanity Star', a geodesic sphere made from carbon fibre with 65 highly reflective panels. It is expected to become the brightest object in the night sky as it reflects the sun's light back to Earth, Rocket Lab said.\n\n>It will circle the earth every 90 minutes, and will remain in orbit for about nine months. Its founder and chief executive, Peter Beck, said the satellite was launched to encourage people to consider their place in the universe, and to reflect on their own lives and the lives of humanity as a species. Mr Beck told Morning Report he wanted the first satellite New Zealand launched to be \"something a little bit special\".\n\n>\"It was really important that we do something that the whole world can share in and enjoy,\" he said.\n\n>Satellites can usually be seen from earth and the Humanity Star would only be \"slightly brighter\" than the other stars in the sky, he said.\n\n>*\"The reality is that we are a small human race on a rock floating in the universe\" - Peter Beck*\n\n>It was not space junk, and would safely burn up on re-entry, Mr Beck said.\n\n>\"The night sky is full of stars, this is just one other star ... It's not like we're polluting out the night sky with a whole bunch of stuff. \"But it is a symbol and hopefully it's something that people can gravitate to,\" he said.\n\n>\"My hope is that everyone takes their children outside to look at the Humanity Star - but in doing so looks past the Humanity Star into the universe and hopefully realises how fragile we are as a species on this rock in the universe.\"", "Let’s hope humanity rolls a 20", "We've got ISS for that. This seems to be a tremendous waste of money.", "Apparently it's a D65, or at least it has 65 reflective panels", "We saw the ISS just the other day, clear sky and just after sunset so it was very bright for a long time. My kids were awestruck when I told them what it was and that it had people in it.\n\n", "For anybody interested, NASA created this website that lets you know where and when you can see the ISS pass by -\n\nhttps://spotthestation.nasa.gov/", "Brighter than the sun?\n\nDidn't know I needed this -> /s", "Nope. The sun reflects light from the disco ball ", "No way ", "welp - the *night* sky", "Art often is", "Take pictures and post to Facebook so the world knows of your suffering", "On n2yo now: http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=43163#", "Well good thing none of your money went to it ", "It is a new rocket from a new space venture, I think this was probably something they threw in the testing just incse it was a success, no less of a waste of money then Sputnik or musk launching a car into space." ]
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A New Zealand rocket just launched the 'Humanity Star' into orbit - a "high tech disco ball" that will be the brightest object in the sky for the next 9 months.
https://i.redd.it/ozf8n3en83c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqtjd/first_post_here_if_the_quality_is_bad_sorry/
[ "I like the way the sky reflects on the bumper of the car. Sweet pic.", "[It's beautful](https://youtu.be/W82YyP9nleQ?t=18s)", "The reflection really makes this" ]
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First post here. If the quality is bad, sorry.
https://i.redd.it/qnjpewrl83c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqttw/buddhist_monks_footprints_are_naturally_ingrained/
[ "Probably smells a little funky.", "You’d think he wood get bored of that spot. ", "> For over 20 years, a Buddhist monk named Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China—and it shows. After two decades and up to 3,000 prayers per day, his footprints are ingrained in the wood floor, highlighting his incredible devotion to his spiritual practice. \n \n> The deepest part of the footprints measure 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) and are a cast of the balls of his feet. Hua hopes that this visible sign of loyalty and faithfulness will help him make a smooth transition into the afterlife so that his “spirit doesn’t suffer.” In this life, however, Hua has had a profound effect on those around him—the marks of faith inspire other monks to make footprints of their own. \n \n[Here's a video of Hua Chi](https://youtu.be/TVqgUlHuRbI)", "I'm skeptical, why would the pinkie toes press so deep a groove, there's hardly any weight on it", "*board", "Maybe he carved it out so standing there for a long time would be more comfortable ", "It has to do with how they pray. You can watch the video I linked above to see how he leans down while praying. [This might also help.](https://i.imgur.com/8HD8w1d.gifv)", "That's fascinating, thanks for sharing this.", "Those toenails look like corn chips.", "He needs a pedicure, stat!", "Bon appétit", "Just like the overwhelming majority of Buddhist Monk claims, I smell bullshit... And feet.", "No offense but fuck that’s a lot of time spent standing in one spot. Imagine all you could do instead. Feed a lot of hungry kids.", "My god just looking at this form of constant kneeling makes my mild gout cringe.", "Interestingly, the footprints were the only thing that praying accomplished.", "> ingrained\n\nI see what you did there.", "What is 1 prayer? 3000 prayers a day? That’s 1 prayer every thirty seconds for the entire 24 hours. ", "1 prayer = 1 like. \n\nBut seriously. Small daily actions/rituals add up. ", "The cynic in me loves the idea of them reaching the afterlife and being like \"AW FUCK WE WASTED ALL THAT TIME FOR THIS?!\"", "Oh is that what you're doing when you're not on reddit?", "I doubt he's a monk. ", "I’m guessing they all have that same toe fungus too. ", "Tf does this even mean? I love the casual religion-bashing on Reddit.", "What's going on with the pinkie toe on the left foot? Must be a Kung fu injury.", "I thought Monks don’t use technology ", "Oh there's nothing casual about my religion bashing. It's damn near professional level. And as far as what it means? Well all this bullshit about the monks doing superhuman feats (no pun intended here). It's all parlor tricks. ", "You are seriously misunderstanding the point of Buddhism.", "Please explain then. ", "I mean it's probably still better than working 9-5 but what a bunch of idiots wasting their life away.", "Matches the wood, though!", "Sure. The purpose of Buddhism in a quick imperfect sentence is liberation of the mind through meditation and other practices. There is nothing \"magical\" about it. There are ancient texts that mention what I think you're trying to refer to - the so-called \"superknowledges\" - but even then these are discounted as distractions, and not the point of practice. No practicing monk performs prayer or meditation for the purpose of causing some sort of supernatural miracle, nor would they claim to be able to do so. Many old Buddhist stories can get very exaggerative and mythical, but that is the very definition of \"myth\", which persists in a tradition going back over a thousand years.\n\nI am really surprised that this was your impression of Buddhism, as this is not a common stereotype at all. I'm guessing you read one story or article touching on this apocryphal subject and then never read anything about Buddhism again (such as, say, His Holiness the current Dalai Lama's huge interest and collaboration in neuroscience, for example).", "And now my retort. It's a religion. Religion is bullshit meant to enslave the mind, not free it. The Dalai Lama could tell people to stop seeing themselves on fire, but he doesn't because it gives him power. Buddhist extremists in Myanmar (yeah yeah, no true Buddhist). ", "That is an unfortunately closedminded opinion, but I can see you aren't going to change it. At the end of the day, if you live a life of reducing suffering and creating happiness for yourself and others, the Buddhist mission is fulfilled. Peace and love friend." ]
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Buddhist Monk’s footprints are naturally ingrained in wood floor from praying in same spot for 20 years
https://i.redd.it/ti3os29z93c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqvjp/my_friends_colored_rocks/
[ " Bro those are m&ms", "That's racist.", "Yeah i got what they were saying ", "It is ", "I guess the quotations around colored are what's confusing to me ", "Fair point " ]
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My friends “colored” rocks
https://i.imgur.com/Vbz2dDj.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqwjs/traffic_jam_at_glencoe_scotland/
[ "Photo is of the A82 road at Glencoe last Sunday, taken with a drone by [Alasdair Burgess in The Herald](http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15892965.Letters__Direct_link_to_Ireland_would_be_wonderful/)", "Reason for the traffic jam is the snow... but not because of the snow. Glencoe is like the biggest snowsports location in Scotland, and this was the biggest fall of the winter so far.", "Whiskey sale ", "Hmm how about converting to both lanes in one direction during that peak.", "Someone might need to leave", "Meh make em wait. Inconvenience the fee to help the many. ", "Looked like a cable coming off of a ship. Had to zoom to confirm. ", "*waves arm*\n\n“Stop honking! Gooooo arooooooouuuund!”" ]
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Traffic jam at Glencoe, Scotland
https://i.redd.it/8da5g4xsa3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqwq9/just_walking_the_dog/
[ "Wow\nSo funny", "I do not think that is a dog. ", "Haha, his name is Zeus. He is actually a rescued alligator, and a sweetheart! ", "Good observation! Yes, he is an alligator. Also a sweetheart. ", "I’m always very careful!!! 😊😊😊 " ]
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Just walking the dog
https://i.redd.it/w6qlv6fmc3c01.png
/r/pics/comments/7sqzk2/thats_some_spoton_advertising_pandora/
[ "Like YouTube playing horror movie trailers before videos for kids.\n\nTHANKS YOUTUBE!", "The ad is almost certainly targeted at the user agent or some other data, not the content, and targeted by the buyer, not the publisher. Amazing how little people know about the things they consume.", "/u/AngryBirdWife, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/AngryBirdWife&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7sqzk2/thats_some_spoton_advertising_pandora/?context=10\\))" ]
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That's some spot-on advertising, Pandora.
https://i.redd.it/4y93ar6nc3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sqzkz/how_to_rip_a_phone_book_its_surprisingly_easy_to/
[ "So you are saying all those Jesus Strong Men guys are full of shit?", "Don't, though. Phone books will be collector items very soon.", "Are they still doing that?\n\nLast I heard of them was around 1989 or so.", "I am sure, cheesy never goes out of style.", "Now I just have to find one", "How to find a phone book.\n\nNow that would be a good article.", "Must you do it in only a leotard?", "Only if there are ladies around ", "I'd practice, but where can I get one of these phone books of which you speak?", "McMaster car would probably work as well", "Mustache and leotard required? ", "Only recommended ", "That it would, or a Baer catalog." ]
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How to rip a phone book! It's surprisingly easy to do
https://i.redd.it/4sbh0cxvc3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sr0a4/this_is_what_we_mean_by_minnesota_nice/
[ "Minnesotan Ice.", "\"Feeling Minnesota... Lookin California\" ~ CC", "I actually think the Minnesota Nice is a reference to the friendly people. Nice picture though.", "Those snowflakes on the right, shining in the light, look 3D. I thought something was on my monitor until I realized they were moving as I resized the photo. ", "Seriously... I thought there would be a guy doggedly shoveling the street or something. ", "It's Minnesotan passive aggressive. This is the real MN nice." ]
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This is what we mean by "Minnesota Nice"
https://i.redd.it/pzqgrniod3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sr1bv/4_years_ago_i_lost_my_best_friend_i_miss_you/
[ "I feel sorry for you", "Sorry man some people are ignorant , sorry for the loss , mans best friend they truly are 🙌", "No worries, ignorance can truly be bliss sometimes. Thanks for the sympathy ", "Oh im so scared to lose my animals. I know the day will come but its so scary to think of. I hope your heart heals. ", "Now we're posting dead pets from years ago? Come on puyrple, this isn't your Facebook feed." ]
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4 years ago, I lost my best friend. I miss you every day Matilda. You'll always be my motherfuckingprincess
https://i.redd.it/8wyepeasd3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sr1jb/when_poirot_goes_undercover_he_waxes_his/
[ "Genius", "He’s clearly French in the second photo, and everybody knows that the world famous Hercule Poirot is not French.", "Smiley Poirot, grumpy Poirot" ]
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When Poirot goes undercover, he waxes his moustache the other way around and changes his hat.
https://i.redd.it/g57ta3gzd3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sr20j/my_latest_acrylic_painting_involving_astronauts/
[ "This looks absolutely gorgeous. What's the meaning of it?", "Thank you! And I'm not entirely sure. I like to create open ended little stories with my paintings so the viewers imagination can run wild with it", "Acid rain on mars!", "It would be interesting to have a subreddit for this. Just like r/writingprompts but the stories are created over an image.", "I love that idea ", "Reminds me of Dr Who", "Flooko! Another awesome entry. ", ":D Thanks man!", "Methane rain at 98 K", "\"Don't go! You have the only CO2 scrubber!\"", "Looks like a album cover of some sort.", "thats wicked. Ive been wanting to get more into album cover art.", "You have some awesome talent, keep it up!", "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Rain\n\n>\"The Long Rain\" is a short story by science fiction author Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in 1950 as \"Death-by-Rain\" in the magazine Planet Stories, and then in the collection The Illustrated Man. The story tells of four men who have crashed on a planet where it is always raining. As they try to reach the safety of the Sun Domes, they end up being driven insane by the endless rains.", "thanks basshead ! ", "I love the mystery of this. Something I Have never seen. Thank you!", "my pleasure !! I love making things that make ya think for a second !", "The reflections are incredible! Nice work!", "thanks !! I love painting reflections :)", "Kind of spooky. I like it", "I was going for a kind of dark vibe, so thats perfect!", "Thats a really great painting, It reminds me of something from blade runner.", "Cosmonauts by the look of it", "I feel like this is more suited in r/art", "/r/imaginaryastronauts", "Reminds of Brand New's Deja Entendu. I dig\n", "This reminds me of Bradbury’s The Long Rain.", "I just commented about that story!", "Hey who turned out the lights?!", "I came here to say this. I couldn't remember the exact story though, so thank you random internet person!\n\nAlso, great job on this painting! Absolutely epic!", "and then there were two... love it! Well played! ", ";) THANKS BROTHER", "Have to call it r/1000words if that doesn't exist yet.\n\n\nEdit: Damn", "Death Stranding?", "Do you sell your paintings at all? I would love to have this hanging in my home.", "this is so beautiful...I would love to see how you work with a massive canvas + dozens of colors, something involving a galaxy. You have a wonderful talent! ", "Raining methane ", "Sulfuric acid rain while exploring Venus!", "Reminds me of Starset, well done!", "Nice work! This really reminded me of The Swapper - a game where an astronaut makes copies of himself. ", "Shite, you got there before me.", "I was expecting more moonbase alpha jokes here. Your painting looks amazing, I hope you do more.", "Came here to post about that", "How much?", "Chocolate raaaain", "I absolutely love your style." ]
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My latest acrylic painting involving astronauts and rain.
https://i.redd.it/f13er19bf3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sr46p/my_video_game_friend_that_lives_in_rome_italy/
[ "Gaston ? ", "Gallowboob?", "Looks just like you.", "Hey thanks!" ]
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My video game friend that lives in Rome, Italy drew me as a Disney character for my birthday yesterday.
https://imgur.com/uEGslb8.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sr63c/only_3_days_between_those_images_oberwald/
[ "looks like lakeshore michigan ", "It's impressive that those roofs can handle snow loads that heavy. ", "My need to jump off one of the rooftops into the snow grows stronger with every second I look at this" ]
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Only 3 days between those images. Oberwald, Switzerland
https://i.imgur.com/PQEnpix.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sr9nc/posted_in_my_local_bar_a_good_reason_to_drink_if/
[ "Awesome. 2045 is my retirement year. I look forward to it. ", "1990 had that new band Nirvana and now I feel old", "hey bud, go fuck urself", "Svedka is closer to being voted the number 1 vodka. ", "Neither of those years have any significance to me.", "Listen, 1990 was a shit time for anyone involved. I remember I was hanging out with my friends during a vacation to Portland and this sharply dressed guy came up to us, looked us over and then spat on the ground right front of us. The year was completely ruined. Let’s not glorify it.", "Don't make me do math while I'm buzzed.", "Their MTV live album was my first CD ever. \n\nCDs are still a thing right?\n\nNow 1990 though had the original TMNT movie and it was the first movies I saw in the theater more than once\n", "27 years to 2045\n28 years to 1990.\n\nFirst person to do the monster math joke is getting shot.", "Seems safe to assume you're pretty loose with the phrase \"a good reason to drink if I've ever saw one\".", "Mine is hopefully 2032, bring it on.", "Not if you go by The Buddhist calendar.\n\nI'm already living in 2562, bro, catch up.", "That was my first movie at the cinemas too!\n\nAnd no, as I say to my boss(same age) CDs are out. Spotify is so much easier and simpler ", "I havent used a CD in nearly a decade outside of transferring files. Spotify for music always", "Remind me, this will be an important post to alter in 2020.", "We're also closer 2019 than we are to 2016 or 3229 than we are to 806 what do these two random years have anything to do with drinking", "We're closer to 2045 than 2017. There's at least the off chance we'll see the one. The other is gone forever.", "r/theydidthemath", "/r/theydidthemonst *gunshot noise*", "I was in first grade and that bitch of a teacher Mrs. Rodriguez gave me a tally for being loud in class because another student shoved me and I hit my head on a metal desk leg and cried. \n\nI hope you never found happiness after that day lady. ", "Well... shit.", "Ha! Look at these fancy folks that get to retire!", "Hello darkness my old friend...", "Man I was born in 1990. 2045 seems so far away, this depressed me", "Ugh... I graduated high school in 1990", "\"That 70s Show\" first aired in 1998, the year the show was set in was 1976.\n\nIf the equivalent show was made today, it would be \"That 90s Show\" and would be set in 1996." ]
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Posted in my local bar, a good reason to drink if I’ve ever saw one.
https://i.redd.it/z58a54l8k3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srbyw/the_keys_were_in_the_ignition_but_i_think_its_safe/
[ "Unless a pork chop wielding stranger comes along. ", "Did the OP just species assume?", "Safe? He is literally eating the window and you haven’t even walked away yet. Define safe." ]
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The keys were in the ignition, but i think it's safe.
https://i.redd.it/ttk8r4o2l3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srcyn/amazon_wrapped_this_bubble_wrap_in_bubble_wrap/
[ "Good lord. ", "30% more for free same low price, missing on outside of box probably.", "Want to protect those bubbles from popping until they arrive in your hands", "I think it is more to prevent the object from sliding within the box which could cause it to shift and potentially tumble off conveyor belts or trucks during shipping.", "Ffs", "Yo dawg, we heard you like packaging waste.", "*insert inception noise*", "Yo dawg...", "I'm ordering some." ]
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Amazon wrapped this bubble wrap in bubble wrap
https://i.redd.it/5bn6idt4m3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srea6/my_local_walmart_has_all_your_valentines_day_gifts/
[ "Their plan is to make everyone break up, forcing them to binge on chocolate (all conveniently reduced in price after valentines day) and thus profit. Either that or the sign is in the wrong place. /s", "Nothing like a slimfast after some ass slapping ", "Nothing says divorce quite like giving a 'yo ass too fat' gift for Valentines Day.", "Idk, it’s literally in the seasonal aisle mixed in with the Valentines stuff. I keep walking past it and cracking up.", "gifts for people trying to figure out how to love themselves and failing ", "I think it's quite genius personally, I mean slimfast ain't cheap.", "You give that as a Valentines gift, and figuring out how to love yourself will end up becoming a necessity.", "That information sounds very **handy**.", "I meant that it's something you gift yourself when you have self esteem issues due to weight " ]
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My local Walmart has all your Valentine’s Day gifts.
https://i.redd.it/u5wgxw9vm3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srf7r/these_cats_admiring_the_sunset/
[ "Key west? ", "cuing up for lunch in canteen.", "Some badass cat stuff is about to go down.", "As an Egyptian, those are my gods praying to their god", "Or may be waiting for new iphone", "Like the movie The Birds. They are gathering before the attack", "I wonder if it is a clowder of strays, or just local pets who hang out.", "Interesting. You don’t see groups of cats together like this unless they are pets. ", "It reminds me of scene from a movie Shawsank Redemption...the black cat behind the cat in queued is Red.", "A secret meeting... when night falls they will head out and cause mayhem.", "Praise the sun \\\\[T]/" ]
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These cats admiring the sunset
https://i.redd.it/tfyr0nmtm3c01.png
/r/pics/comments/7srfgo/a_local_lgbtq_friendly_churchwedgewood_church_in/
[ "This feels like a troll.", "I mean I'm all for messing up churches and shit just cuz but i mean come on fucking learn to spell.", "Tfw u realize covering the graffiti is gonna take four different buckets", "The person who did this tried way too hard to be anonymous. Why would you switch up your lower cases and upper cases otherwise ", "I'm thinking this is another \"hate crime\" where it's gonna turn out to be someone just trying to get media attention...", "Wait. . I like pie.", "My MOST FAVORITE graffiti ever. Someone had written on the men's room wall of this nightclub in GIANT felt tip pen: Line 1: \"W.HITE\" Line 2: \"A.RIAN\" Line 3: \"R.ESISTANCE\" ... and then someone else came along and in a tiny ball point pen wrote, \"Some master race, you spelled \"aryan\" wrong.\"", "There is no spellcheck on a can of paint.", "Probably another false flag.", "I like dofhiles so that's good.", "obvious troll", "Man these trolls need to tone it down, it's just not believable anymore. Also why do these people want to be victims so much?" ]
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A local LGBTQ Friendly church(Wedgewood Church in Charlotte) was vandalized this morning. While disgusting, you have to question the intelligence of someone who would do such a thing, to a church, in the daytime, and still mess up the spelling.
https://i.redd.it/z1huvdcon3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srg8a/fantastic_dual_pepper_snakes_growing_inside_this/
[ "https://imgur.com/a/KL4Xc\nMore pictures of it", "r/mildlyinteresting", "Good call", "/r/wastemytime " ]
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Fantastic dual pepper "snakes" growing inside this orange bell pepper I just cut up
https://imgur.com/MZjmtMe.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srhqq/hotdog/
[ "I wonder if it will burn as bad on the way out", "Relish sauce is really Very HOT. ", "Where's the fucking sauce?", "Premium wiener ", "It doesn't matter if you keep your condiments in the fridge or in the cupboard anymore, cause this hotdog is gonna fuck your day up regardless", "Buns if steel baby...", "Get your hot dog here!", "r/forbiddensnacks", "That's pretty metal.", "Do you mean out of your asshole or burn through your stomach.", "Bun looks a little burned. ", "Hottest butt plug on the planet", "Why does it always look like it is semitransparent? Is it an optical illusion with the color and surface, or does the temperature actually make the metal have a transparentness if even a few mm?", "Not hot dog", "Anyone seeking more info might also check here:\n\ntitle | points | age | /r/ | comnts\n:--|:--|:--|:--|:--\n[Is my hot dog ready for consumption?](http://www.reddit.com/r/shittyaskscience/comments/7802ad/is_my_hot_dog_ready_for_consumption/) | 645 | 3^mos | shittyaskscience | 31\n[hmmm](http://www.reddit.com/r/hmmm/comments/77utk6/hmmm/) | 7540 | 3^mos | hmmm | 64\n[Heavy metal hotdog](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6greno/heavy_metal_hotdog/) ^**B** | 1888 | 7^mos | pics | 50\n[Red Hot Dog](http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/62oit6/red_hot_dog/) ^**B** | 1265 | 9^mos | funny | 36\n[ANY HUMANS CARE TO JOIN ME IN SOME \"BBQ\"?](http://www.reddit.com/r/totallynotrobots/comments/6263kl/any_humans_care_to_join_me_in_some_bbq/) | 4690 | 10^mos | totallynotrobots | 90\n\n*[Source: karmadecay](http://karmadecay.com/results/u9997652) (B = bigger)*", "Only 1 dollar. Steel of a deal if I say so ", "I should not have come here directly from this post: \nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7sw1w1/just_like_grandma_always_used_to_say/", "Dam the bun looks burnt." ]
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Hotdog
https://i.redd.it/rvrzjz02p3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srij6/fluffy_chinchilla/
[ "Chubchilla", "r/delightfullychubby needs this chubster in their lives. ", "Cutest floof around ", "I love how these fellas bathe in fine dust and not water.", "*chins*chilla", "Might be able to make a pair of ear muffs ", "Aww. He looks delicious.", "Isn’t chinchilla fur great for coats?", "I almost feel smothered by its fluffiness through the screen.", "I read enchilada and got so hungry for no reason. ", "Those things are about 90% fluffy and 10% actual animal. If you'd dip it into water it'd look like a mouse with long hair but yeah cute as fuck.", "I wonder if they ever get hair in their eyes", "\"You say all that 'so cute!' stuff then turn me into a coat! Well, at least I'd be a good-lookin' coat. You, on the other hand...\"", "*Google search chinchilla*" ]
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Fluffy chinchilla
https://i.imgur.com/e5FoRxB.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srkor/come_on_in_human_the_waters_fine/
[ "Folks gotta eat.", "Why do I want to pat one\n", "That HAS to be Florida or somewhere in the gulf coast.", "You could do the \"log race\" across their backs to see if you get to the other side. " ]
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"Come on in, human, the water's fine!"
https://i.imgur.com/PJRQeuy.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srlbl/my_mom_has_been_making_art_with_rocks_and_wood/
[ "[Album](https://www.imgur.com/a/K6tYg) with a few more rock paintings. ", "Omg I love this 😭", "Don’t rock the boat baby", "That is a cute idea!", "I like your mom’s creative vision!", "That's better than the silly piece that sold for 48 Mil. ", "Are you sure that's not a Mcdonald's chicken nugget?", "This is really heckin cute Mom Art", "Your wife must love you.", "Plot twist: that boat is just the guy’s wood.", "Rockin’ the boat", "Don't tip the boat over" ]
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My Mom has been making art with rocks and wood. Here is one she made for Me and my Wife.
https://i.redd.it/e70ennahs3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srnco/i_see_your_amazing_snowman_in_japan_and_raise_you/
[ "Someone please, make Oedipus in snow. :3", "Shout out for Idaho!", "I can't stop staring at it.", "208 represent!" ]
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I see your amazing snowman in Japan and raise you a Medusa head in Idaho.
https://i.redd.it/uzkkvebxt3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srph5/we_are_a_bunch_of_reenacting_misfits/
[ "So it is true what they say about a girl in uniform...", "Maybe? Depends on what they say I guess. What do they say lol?", "Girls in uniform are gorgeous! You should get into studio work because you have the face for it... if you become a famous actress, buy me a Porsche please!", "D'aww thanks! Dude I'd be coasting in a Lamborghini if I had that type of money. Then a cj5 on the weekends lmao. But I'll keep that in mind 🤣", "One of these things is not like the other ", "In what way?" ]
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We are a bunch of reenacting misfits
https://i.redd.it/p8mi385bu3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srprb/amazing_snowman_in_boston_too/
[ "Snowvader", "Southerner here. How did he/she make his lightsaber without it falling?", "They used a thin steel rod (I saw the melted result a few days later)", "Obi Wanna Blow Me? ", "”Dammit Ralph, I said *Master Vader*”", "I see your Schwartz is as big as mine.", "~~Bring me Han Snowlo!~~ \n\n~~Technically it's a SnowHutt~~ \n\n\nFor those of you unfamiliar with the character portrayed, it is Donald Trump\n\n\n", "Vaders boner seems excessive ", "As a Canadian, your Darth Vader is dying of pollution. I feel sorry for you if that is snow. ", "It looks like it was made using street shove snow (the piles made by plows after clearing a road) so it has both ground and air pollution!", "\"I was starting out making a guy holding his penis, but decided fuck it, I'm making Vader.\"", "Darth Potter in his first Quidditch match?" ]
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Amazing snowman in Boston, too!
https://i.imgur.com/rdXMi70.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srpru/former_us_olympic_doctor_sentenced_to_175_years/
[ "A judge has told a former Olympic team doctor he will spend the rest of his life in jail, after around 150 of the young woman he abused and assaulted delivered agonising statements about how his actions had destroyed their lives.\n\nJudge Rosemarie Aquilina told long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar he would spend up to 175 years in jail, a sentence that added to the 60 year he had already received for child pornography charges.\n\n“You don’t deserve to walk outside a prison again,” Ms Aquilina told Nassar. “You have done nothing to control these urges and wherever you go will be destruction.” [Story](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/larry-nassar-sentence-latest-updates-usa-gymnastics-doctor-prison-sexual-assault-judgelarr-a8176341.html)", "Everyone that enabled this piece of shit to do what he did, also needs to go to prison.\n\nI'll bet there were plenty of women that \"looked the other way\", not just men.", "death penalty might have been more appropriate in this case.", "Why is this in /r/pics?", "why are you in r/pics?", "It must really suck to be him. Like honestly horrible to live out your whole life in prison, alone. But just like... don't be a serial child rapist? And it never would have happened? Anywho, everyone should watch the video of the judge lady giving the sentence. She goes totally savage and eviscerates him. I didn't know you could act like that as a judge. But i'm glad you can. ", "nice that you can still lock people up for mental health issues. great progress there america :)" ]
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Former US Olympic doctor sentenced to 175 years
https://imgur.com/XGywH6u.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srqkj/this_is_why_turtle_cannot_come_out_from_its_shell/
[ "Gammera!! What happened?", "OK, I get this... but I *still* think that with a little encouragement...", "So it's not just like, a hat? Who knew.", "Right? Encouragement is the key!", "me_irl", "Maybe prayer would help.", "Let us join hands together, Brothers.", "Perhaps [this uplifting tune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-BFosqCc68) would help the little guy.", "Does this mean anyone who tells you to \"try coming out of your shell\" is actually just telling you to kill yourself?", "It's like he's not even trying to come out of his shell. ", "With a bone structure like that, it's pretty impressive he got so good at nunchucks.", "I wouldn't come out of my shell either with a spooky skeleton hanging around ", "I blame Mario for this misconception ", "Well yeah, dead turtles don't do much of anything.", "Title card at the bottom should read \"snapp*ed* turtle.\"", "Can humans use this excuse too? ", "Because it’s dead?", "Seriously, fuck Ricky Aguayo.", "First, I was like, whoa! And then I was like, WHOA! And then I was like, whoa.", "SUPER MARIO BROS. IS A DAMN LIE!", "Gamera is really neat, he is filled with turtle meat, we all love you Ga me raaaa!", "Kenny is that you?!!", "My childhood has been a lie.", "*“I am my shell, and my shell is me!”*\n - a turtle, probably ", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Q0uBvdBFs", "If you spook them they go back in their shell but if you spook them too hard they come out of the shell.\n\nSource: watched too much cartoons as a kid.", "[Inside of a tortoise](https://imgur.com/gallery/BuyO47o)", "Do they have no spine separate from the shell? I see no vertebrae between the neck and tail. Did turtle spines literally evolve to form the inside of the shell?", "A dead turtle isn't coming out of anything ", "So... how did this one in the picture came out?", "Bruh. ", "because she is dead!", "I'm not saying someone should try but has anyone in history tried to remove the top layer of the shell?", "2 questions, antwan666:\n\nDo you have a couple of hours free this weekend?\n\nDo you have a Dremel?\n\nI’m thinking we either make history or go to prison.\n\nYou in, homes?\n\n ", "Because it's dead?", "Yes\n\nYes\n\nMaybe\n\nDo you have a turtle ?", "I do not currently have a turtle, but I will acquire a turtle.\n\nGet ready to make the cover of Time.\n\nOr do some time. Either way, this is going to be epic. Maybe not for the turtle, but...", "It IS the shell! Lol", "Yes. I remember seeing videos of turtles being sold at Chinese supermarkets with the top of their shells cuts off. Still alive. It's disgusting and cruel.", "That's bad. ", "This reminds me of the time I had a girl convinced that turtles had died to make her velvet throw pillows. I told her velvet was harvested from turtle shells; it was there to keep the turtles from chafing. She started to cry, and I felt bad that she didn't know any better. ", "This one would be better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "WhAt why? In OG Mario, they only hide in shells. never come out.", "haha me too, thanks", "True, but starting in Super Mario World for the SNES, when you stomp on them, they fly out.", "Picturing a scene from Predator", "Koopas are not turtles. That's racist. ", "Also why they are natures first soup in a bowl to go", "I got my soup pot is ready if this shit goes south. The evidence is dinner.", "He ded.\nGet well soon.", "While I'm not one for random turtle murder, I've heard turtle soup is delicious. I'm in. Besides, it's just one turtle, right guys?\n\n*we Darwin an entire island of turtles before we bring them back to Spain*", "It's attached to him at a SHELLULAR level. :D", "Because of the scary skeletons?", "This is not what Looney Tunes taught me.....", "his spine is at the top of the shell? seems like bad design.", "Why are there holes on the ribcage? So that predators don't completely starve?", "I'm good", "You sure? What if I give you money for vagina?", "Where would you put it?", "*🎵 We shall overcome 🎶*", "I knew you’d come around! :D", "Thanks for the gold!", "Well, knowing you were going to spend it wisely made it easier.", "Gammerita, Mon!", "Tbh were all just brains trapped inside a skeleton..", "And some thoughts to go with those prayers.", "Yes basically", "So blue, red and green shells are all dead mutilated turtles... my childhood is a little darker now... ", "👉😎👉 Zoop!", "Evolution doesn't result in the best design, it tends to result in the shittiest design that still works. While it may be a bad design, it still works well enough to be passed on.", "The spine and the ribs actually make up the carapace. The ventral portion of the vertebra are fused to the shell. All the vertebrae are there, just attached. ", "then how come turtles are called land crabs", "It's in reference to hermit crabs", "i don't care if this never happened, it still deserves more upvotes.", "Evolution doesn't generally result in the shittiest design that still works, but more like the design that uses the least number of new parts. Evolution is like the F-35 design process, here are 1003 parts, make 3 different planes from them that fill vastly different roles, and 1000 of the parts have to be the same, go!", "interesting", "You miss-spelled pry ;) ", "https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/trapped.png", "This is a better explanation, thank you.", "That’s right. They have wings and some can fly and therefore are ducks.", "Because he’s dead?", "ZOOP ZOOP! *gun fingahs*", "Isn't the evolution of turtle kinda mystery? Well, I guess every evolution is a mystery is one way or another, but like they just happened. ", "Not with that attitude...", "It is. Put a little cream and a little sherry in it and it’s even better. In Louisiana EVERY body of water has a lot of turtles in it. I mean even ditches are likely to have turtles. ", "> Evolution doesn't result in the best design, it tends to result in the shittiest design that still works. \n\nAh, so like military grade equipment!", "I say \"Evolution gets animals of the species to reproduction age. Everything thereafter is irrelevant.\"", "That ignores the many species that are only successful in social groups, with many of their members past mating age providing protection.", "Kevin Malone is still the best turtle surgeon", "Haha yes! I love when a product is advertised as \"military grade\" to make people think it's high quality. ", "It worked in looney tunes. ", "That’s true.", "My daughter cannot come out of her shell", "See what I’m confused about is how the hell the shell can grow. ", "Looks like it's got some room under that hood, bet you could fit a V8 in that", "It is the ribs and spine. It grows the same way any other bones do.", "Reading this made me realize of course it doesn't come from turtles but I have no clue what velvet is or where it comes from.\nEdit: Ok, velvet means a type of sewing pattern is used. The fabric can be synthetic, natural, whatever.", "Fun fact! No one really knows how turtles came to have their shells. There are no known evolutionary intermediaries between animals without shells and turtles. As far as we can tell, turtles just suddenly appeared one day! \n\n**Edit: I’m wrong - an intermediary was found and there are lots of interesting articles from 2016 describing it. Look at u/wayfaringwolf and u/acrylites and the comments they made below to learn a little bit more. **", "But the turtle comes with free sprinkles!", "You did pretty good for muffins", "I could've had a V8!", "They have so much room for guts. Why they need all them guts?", "I am of the opinion that \"Koopas\" are two distinct species. Note that in all their appearances, the four-legged ones never have removable shells and are likely modified giant tortoises, while the two-legged ones generally can remove their shells and are probably...something else. Beaked lizard people who wear artificial shells or something.\n\nI will not seek to explain wings through this theory, since they don't make sense to begin with. Probably magic.", "Super Mario World lied to me. \n\n*edit* spelling. ", "Didn't some dinosaurs have spikes and shitlike on their backs? I imagine it evolved from something similar, with progressing hardening to protect from the stampbeasts which roamed the valleys at the time. ", "Can’t come out of it’s shell ... alive. ", "So you say that \"Coming Out of Their Shells Tour\" by Ninja Turtles was a lie?", "I'm god", "[The League of Gentlemen think otherwise.](https://youtu.be/AJzL_wyMahU)", "There's always a relevant xkcd.", "Don't forget thoughts.", "Nicest thing anyone has said to me haha", "Do you know da wea?", "There once was a turtle who lived in a shell.\nThe shell was her home, and her prison as well.", "I think that's included in getting them to mating age.", "No it does not. Social groups are a part of ***evolution getting animals of the species to reproduction age***.", "That's good!", "Who's the dude who saws these turtle skeletons in half? Where's their AMA?", "But they contain potassium benzoate.", "You're telling me Franklin was fake?", "This kills the turtle ", "So technically the bottom portion isn’t attached to anything but the top portion instead of fused to other bones. ", "This image shows a weird evolutionary modification that turtles have: their scapulas (shoulder blades) migrated from on their back (above the ribs) to the front of their bodies (under the ribs).", "A Sean Connery narrated documentary would be great...", "See the turtle, ain't he keen. All things serve the fucking beam.", "The shell is just a modified ribcage. Like your own ribs, developmentally the bones of the carapace and plastron originate from the vertebrae.", "All those screws!", "A turtle's shell is just a modified ribcage, where the individual ribs have been flattened and expanded. Think about how your own ribs come out from your vertebrae. It's the same for the turtle's shell. (The biggest adaptation is bringing in the diaphragm/breathing apparatus, pectoral gjrdle, and pelvic girdle inside the shell--that involves a lot of genetic changes, while making the shell out of the genes for a ribcage are relatively simple by comparison.)", "That’s... bad?", "Or a finger up it's ass...", "\"Why don't you just leave your ribcage and find a new one?\"", "We can find a way!", "He's sad cause he's hollow inside.", "What about this finding? [link](https://www.zmescience.com/science/how-turtle-got-shell-evolution-05354/)", "A couple intermediate turtles have been found recently, one with a half shell. The theory is the plastron formed initially as an anchor to aid in digging. Who would have thought.\n\n\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/the-turtle-shell-first-evolved-for-digging-not-defence/491087/\n", "That's it\n", "This is so fascinating, I want to see the motion of the turtle hiding inside it's shell like this", "Palpatine: \"It seem you killed Padme in your anger\"\n\nDarth Turtle: \"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!\"", "Well, there's coming out of your shell, and then there's leaving the shell altogether.\n \n", "Because he is dead.", "Happy birthday ", "Holy crap... so that shell is basically a living prison. I had no idea the shell was part of the skeleton. So turtles basically has BOTH an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton! Cool. \n \nI wonder if the slowness of the turtles is the reason exoskeletons in large creatures are so rare. I guess evolution was like \"Being faster is better than being tough\". But then again how did fast predators even manage to kill tough creatures if that toughness... man I need an expert here so many questions... \n \n", "Not true, give me a hatchet and a turtle... I can prove it is 100% possible.", "This makes me sad for some reason, like tortoises are fucked up and constantly in pain.", "How do turtles get bigger? Wouldn't their sheel need to grow, but it's a concave shape. That can't just grow down or it would start getting more curved and it can't grow across without cracking or breaking. This actually confuses me. ", "same ", "Gimme some fin!", "Thrilling. (•_•) ", "Just 100,000 likes!", "That's why people used to eat them, including Darwin eating Galapagos Tortoises. ", "I think something like Ankylosaurus, would be a candidate. \n\n", "If you think a batwing is cool, look at those fuckin' ribs! Are you joking me? Each rib goes all the way to the end of the shell like a tent pole of bone.", "Because it's already dead?", "statements like this bother me. Not only because of the \"!\"s, but a simple google search (something like 'turtle shell evolution') proves this wrong.\n\n", "Ricky Aguayo begs to differ", "Am I the only one with PTSD flashbacks from The Dig right now?", "Because turtle's shell & bones are merged..", "Does a turtle then technically have an exo skeleton?", "Eeeewww it's not a shell it's their back!!! My whole life's a lie! Chem trails are poising us!! Illuminati!!", "Snapping Turtle? Not much snapping from that one anymore...", "It’s not inside the shell, it is the shell!", "Not just you but fewer than I would have imagined.", "Also why I'm surprised that Donatello didn't die when Bebop and Rocksteady took a sledge hammer to his shell...", "Because it crushed him between the window?", "Super Mario World lied to me :(", "Turtles are the physical embodiment of social phobia ", "Then why can't I come out of mine :'(", "So you’re telling me Saturday morning cartoons lied to me? Next you’ll say that a frog can’t sing and dance when we’re not around to see it. ", "I never buy military grade anything unless I want it to use excessive battery power and then break when replacing batteries.", "That, and those screws make it look pretty tricky", "I was wrong and should have looked it up before typing. Most of the articles describing turtle shell evolution were from 2016 and I hadn’t bothered to reinvestigate the question since before then. I’m glad to have learned something new as a result of this! \nThe exclamation marks are because I find neat issues like this to be exciting. As this isn’t r/AskScience, conveying some excitement about a topic ought to be allowed.", "Brundleshell", "Koopa is actually just an Apook. Nintendo just based them on Apooks and spelled their name backwards.", "Shell is the turtle; turtle is the shell. ", "Top shell is ribs. Bottom is sternum.", "turn that frown upside down...", "> No one really knows how turtles came to have their shells. \n\nCheckmate, atheists.", "Only if their name is Mitch.", "Are there really people who think a Turtle's shell isn't attached to it?", "Nah there's a bunch of fossils of related animals. ", "Breathing room? I mean that literally.", "The only thing I've found that works for me is BDU pants. They are lightweight and durable as fuck and can be had for 20 bucks at my local pawn shop. As a refinery worker that is the perfect combination for work pants when the only thing that'll hold up as well is a $150 pair of carhartts.", "Snapping Turtle (Italian)", "Well, if we removed those screws from his hips, it would make things easier.", "[Exclamation points](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyRLFWF2v_U)", "It's all turtle. ", "This is how Ubisoft should fix the turtle meta in FH", "I would agree with that actually. I've got a pair I wear when I work in the shop. Good find.", "Yes, the shell is actually their ribs and that extra volume is for their lungs to expand into. That's also why they \"hiss\" when retract into their shell, they are forced to compress their lungs when they pull in. ", "So a broken shell is like a broken rib?\n", "The guts were the delicious part?", "Bowser is gonna be pissed he's not back at the castle climbing a fence", "How does your skull grow? Same thing", "The shell is basically modified ribs. The top part (carapace) and the bottom part (plastron), so kind of like that.", "By that logic, they might be witches.", "I found an empty turtle shell on a ranch here in TX. Still have it. Only the spine was attached, it's actually fused no cartilage or anything. Learned about turtles that day", "Then why did the ninja turtles have a musical called Coming out of their shells?\n\n\n. Checkmate. ", "Then why did the ninja turtles have a musical called Coming out of their shells?\n\n\n. Checkmate. ", "Look closely at a turtle shell, and you'll see a rings, like a tree. Younger turtles have less rings.", "This humor is the best humor.", "More organs means more human.", "Someone should have shown this to Kevin, would have saved him a lot of work", "Well, military stuff is generally at least reliable. ", "From what I hear, it's either reliable and then used long after it becomes obsolete like the humvee or it disintegrates as soon as it's first used..", "Like our new grenade launchers? Those infantry guys are not nice to those things. ", "Or when they implement a new piece of equipment, it sucks and falls apart and is subjected to redesigns until it sucks and falls apart considerably less.", "that is dope i have three stupid turtles. i just wished they loved me.", "Because they're the teenage mutant ninja hermit crabs, duh", "because it's dead inside, just like me. ", "I read somewhere pulling off a turtles shell is the equivalent of pulling off your fingernail.", "Over the Hedge by dreamworks lied to me", "Whoa, looks like a little dog", "It is highly probable that the Greek initiates gained their knowledge of the philosophic and therapeutic aspects of music from the Egyptians, who, in turn, considered Hermes the founder of the art. According to one legend, this god constructed the first lyre by stretching strings across the concavity of a turtle shell. \n\npage 250 from- The Secret Teachings of All Ages, by Manly Palmer Hall", "He's sleeping", "Humans don't have squeedilyspooches", "That's so cool.", "Turtulsh", "How do they grow? At the edges of the shell? Or spreading the fused bones?", "I am 100% Elaine in this scenario.", "https://www.cse.buffalo.edu//~rapaport/676/F01/penguinscanfly.jpg", "Because they're screwed in place. Interesting.", "Technically it *can*...", "The movie Over the Hedge was a lie?! ", "This is God's power.", "Thanks friend :)", "Removing the flesh from turtles?", "It's a bunch of pieces for a long time and grows along plates and then fuses later? ", "It was mainly that they have a built-in bowl.", "Your skull fuses when you're a little kid. Does your head stay the same size after your 5? What about the ends of your femurs, or your humerous? It just expands normally. You're over thinking it lol.", "I've always told people that a turtle's spine is embedded into their shell but they look at me with disbelief. When my 1st red eared slider died i kept his shell. " ]
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This is why turtle cannot come out from its shell
https://imgur.com/rU3mYPV.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srryq/this_bike_was_left_chained_to_a_tree_when_a_young/
[ "NO,YOU'RE HEADLINE IS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL LIE.http://komonews.com/news/local/vashon-mystery-how-did-the-bike-become-embedded-in-the-tree", "Lol. Busted. ", "\"It's in a link on the Internet, IT MUST BE TRUE!!!\" 😂 ", "Dude, calm down, turn off caps lock, learn the difference between your and you're.", "The ents despise chains." ]
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This bike was left chained to a tree when a young man went to war in 1914
https://i.redd.it/r6cw267tw3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srtbb/bark_got_back/
[ "Deez Nutty Trees", "Back that ash up ", "I’d smack that. ", "It's funny because it looks like that tree has large buh-tox." ]
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Bark Got Back
https://i.redd.it/blhdhurnx3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srudr/downtown_philadelphia_after_eagles_win/
[ "Just wait until they lose the super bowl lol", "They don't *look* like a mob, do they?", "Looks like the greased poles worked." ]
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Downtown Philadelphia after Eagles Win
https://i.redd.it/k3hnc1xvx3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sruom/this_photo_i_took_in_2013_i_dont_have_the/
[ "It looks like an accident, and not a particularly good one.", "?", "Was I unclear? *Picture not good. Picture ugly.*", "Suck a dick", "Don't post on a public forum if you can't handle criticism. If all you want is fake praise you can show the picture to your mommy. ", "Bro. U don’t need to go put people down. If u don’t like it then down vote it but u don’t need to be a snotty art critic.", "Again, if you can't handle criticism then don't post on a public forum. Very simple.", "Don’t be an asshole. Whether he can take criticism or not, you’re being a fucking dickhead. You made your point now fuck off. ", "Relax, all I've done is share my opinion. That's kind of the whole point of this site.", "Then share your opinion but don’t be such a douche about it. ", "Still not sure what I said that was so incendiary.", "Not what you said, how you said it. It was condescending. But the fact that you don’t realize that explains everything. " ]
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This photo i took in 2013. I don’t have the original. It looked much better had to get this off of my insta
https://i.redd.it/7ji5u0t2y3c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sruzu/my_friend_is_a_new_york_city_photographer_who_did/
[ "This is amazing ! \nNYC (especially manhattan) is my favorite place in the world. I’m from New Zealand and I try to travel there whenever I have money. One of my favorite things about manhattan is the architecture. So I’m loving this photo. Does you friend have a website or blog or something I could follow ? \n\nI love photography, especially other people’s, as I love to see how others view the world (or I this case, nyc!). It’s so awesome to be able to see others perspective. ", "That's a great premise for a photo series and I have to say I totally see where he's coming from its a really interesting perspective on the eras of architecture all intermingled ", "Oh I work in one of them. ", "www.jeremystebens.com", "If your interested you can find more of this series and his work on : \n[www.jeremystebens.com](https://www.jeremystebens.com) ", "Is the building on the left the flat iron building? Or as I prefer to call it the cool corner building.", "You would be correct, in both ", "23rd and 5th/B'way. That's Eataly in the middle <3 and of course the Flatiron on the left" ]
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My friend is a New York City photographer who did a new series he calls “cross section” “Buildings fuse and morph into one another forming a sort of stratification, like layers in a cross section of the Earth, marking years of change.” Here is one of my favorites below:
https://i.imgur.com/rs8VLkc.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srv38/curiosity_sent_a_new_selfie_from_mars/
[ "[Even stole the title](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7sjjc0/curiosity_sent_a_new_selfie_from_mars/) from yesterday's post", "I could care less. ", "*couldn't" ]
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Curiosity sent a new selfie from Mars
https://i.redd.it/l2npeg6714c01.png
/r/pics/comments/7sryru/bed_for_sale_ew/
[ "> serious inquiries only\n\nYeah..........", "Stain I get it, but why is it black?", "A death? Like a body left there for an hour or week?", "Bed: 45$\nHep A and the ghost of the person murdered in it: FREE", "/u/SawceAwesome, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/SawceAwesome&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7sryru/bed_for_sale_ew/?context=10\\))" ]
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Bed for sale! Ew...
https://i.redd.it/t24d4a5x04c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7srzzp/trump_couple_and_clinton_couple_are_happy_before/
[ "It looks like this post is about US Politics. Various methods of filtering out content relating to US Politics can be found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/wiki/v2/resources/filter/politics).\n\n*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/pics) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "\"You see these folks right here? They eat babies! It's true! Believe me!\"", "i am not a trump voter, and what i see are hookers trying to score their next john", "With ketchup " ]
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Trump couple and Clinton couple are happy before
https://i.imgur.com/DmAlrqh.png
/r/pics/comments/7ss0j6/thats_kind_of_awesomeim_not_even_mad/
[ "Ha!", "Hotmail.", "~~You have no reason to be mad.~~\n\nSorry for your tragic loss u/ender278", "I’d be a dick and tape the door shut. Why? I just told u. I’m a dick. ", "Leave a hot pocket in there.", "Oh great, my glow sticks have arri... BOOM!!!", "I heard op's mom died in a microwaving accident. He now has a deep seated hatred of them. Although not when they're in mailbox form, apparently. ", "Ahh, well I'm terribly sorry to hear. I'll edit my previous comment.", "they’re probably subscribed to this food subscription boxes" ]
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That's kind of awesome...I'm not even mad
https://i.imgur.com/vuz2slI.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ss3qa/saw_this_at_a_public_toilet_in_japan_im_still/
[ "How oppressive! NO FISHING?!", "No Smoking \nDon't Put Garbage in the Toilet \nDon't Squat and Fling Shit and Piss Everywhere \nDon't Steal Toilet Paper You Barbarian \nNo Fishing (humour makes pooping more fun) ", "This is gold. ", "No entry to the Ministry of Magic. ", "“Don't Squat and Fling Shit and Piss Everywhere”\n\nThis is also known as *the bird of prey*", "It's for the asian gaijin (mostly Chinese) - who have no ~~toilet~~ etiquette", "Hey, rules are rules." ]
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Saw this at a public toilet in Japan. I'm still confused.
https://i.redd.it/6tj6acga64c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ss5es/thank_you/
[ "What's thus about? ", "These are all victims of a gymnastics team doctor in Michigan who was accused of (and currently being tried for) sexual assault.", "/u/MindyS1719, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No pictures with added/superimposed digital elements.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/MindyS1719&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7ss5es/thank_you/?context=10\\))" ]
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Thank You.
https://i.redd.it/jvabctha64c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ss5fw/my_neighbors_trash_is_trying_to_escape/
[ "Ahhh, I suppose to be recycled!!", "That look on his face, who knows what horrors it had to go through..", "Call the poliiice" ]
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My neighbor’s trash is trying to escape
https://i.redd.it/mdw2xfdy64c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ss6bc/this_lemon/
[ "Not a lemon? Buddhas hand? ", "Can confirm. Not a lemon. \nSauce: am lémon boi ", "Am I supposed to have an erection? ", "One would think, but it’s really a Meyer lemon. Homegrown. ", "Cthul'emon", "Love it. I was gonna title this as Lovecraftian Lemon. " ]
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This lemon
https://i.imgur.com/GF18A7u.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ss8g0/t4_bacteriophage_virus/
[ "I always used to read comments with wonder about how people could over-sexualize the strangest things. And then I saw the T-4 bacteriophage virus... ", "This reminds me of that one Jimmy Neutron episode. ", "Yeah, that fucks intestinal cells hard for sure! ", "Could you explain how this looks sexual to you?", "I assume the part that is phallic, so... all of it?", "This is the stuff of nightmares.", "Either you have a pretty jacked up dick, or you guys are really reaching for a joke here. ", "I thought they were saying because it's long and basically a pointed cylinder that someone is bound to do something of a sexual nature with it.", "It’s like a spider castle.", "A.k.a. Pyramid Headed Spider Thing", "I never grow tired of seeing images of this sort. It blows my mind how they are unimaginably small, but can have such a tremendous effect on the human body. ", "Holy crap that looks just like one of the viruses from Rick and Morty!", "In my defense, the spider butt-plug happened to scurry onto the chair just as i was sitting down. Naked. ", "So, in case anyone is wondering (and I'm sure they're not, but I'm a nerd for micro-stuff so here goes), a bacteriophage (\"bacteria-eating\") is a virus that attaches to bacteria to lyse (burst) them after injecting them with their viral genome. Like many other viruses, they force the host to replicate their genome (RNA or DNA in this case)\n\nThe T4 is rather interesting because it is one of the largest of the bacteriophage types. According to the [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobacteria_phage_T4), bacteriophages usually range from 90-200 nm in height (from baseplate to top of the capsid, or the \"dick\" as many of you have astutely noted), and this fella lands at the upper end of that range. For reference, a hydrogen atom is about 0.1 nm across, and an *E. coli* bacteria (to which this fella is \"programmed\" to hunt down and infect) is about 2000 nm long by about 250 nm in diameter. If you're not blown away by the scale of these things, I don't know what to tell you, but that's just fucking neat, bruh.\n\nSo this little guy also has a dsDNA genome jammed into that micropenis that is about 57,460 nm long and encodes for 289 proteins (13 of which are used to make the baseplate where the shaft and \"legs\" attach). Once a bacteria has one of these little spider-dicks on its surface, it only takes about 30 minutes for them to totally explode. These little fuckers also have some of the most accurate DNA replication proteins available (with only 1 error in 300 copies). When the new phages are being built inside the host, they can cram the new dicks with fresh DNA at about 2,000 base pairs per second (their whole DNA is only about 179,000 base pairs long - remember 57,460 nm? That's the length of those base pairs, holy shit!). According to the wiki again, if that power were scaled up, it would be \"equivalent to that of an average automobile engine.\" SUPER FUCKING NEAT!\n\nNow, just think about all of those little neat facts you just learned and will probably forget all about in 20 minutes. It took dozens of scientists countless hours and days to study, investigate, research, understand, and write about just this one tiny type of virus. Now think about how many scientists there are that are running around finding out new, even more neat shit like this all the time! Just think of how much effort it takes to find all this out, and then how much effort it later takes to use this information to figure out something amazing to use this information for to help humans (directly or indirectly). SCIENCE IS SO FUCKING COOL! It's a slow-ass process, but it's thorough, rigorous, and stringent as all get-out. All this despite errors, thrown-out hypotheses, failed experiments, disregarded biases, and countless other checks-and-balances to filter out bunkum.\n\nThink about all this shit, and these tiny microdicks the next time some megadick is like \"science blows, there's no such thing as climate change or evolution\" while enjoying the benefits of modern technology and medicine. Fuck you, megadick-bro! Yo, you gotta respect the scientific process, fucker!\n\n\n\nThis sleep-deprived wikipedia page summary brought to you by COFFEE and my middle-fingers (sit on 'em and rotate)! Source: BS in Molecular and Cell Biology and wikipedia (above).", "Did Xana activate a tower?", "I’m pretty sure they called those bacteriophage-looking things “E.coli” in the show. That irked me.", "To all biotechnology,scientists folks: Is this picture made with DSC scan? ", "But where do they come from and why do they think their DNA is so important? They seem to have a total mind of their own despite not being alive... and yet there is DNA in the picture???", "Anyone else think this looks like the injectors from the kindergarten from Stephen Universe?\n\n[slightly unrelated gif shows them in background](https://i.imgur.com/tuOWxrm.gifv)\n", "Was just thinking the same. Ok, guess they weren't fucking with us. That's how they really look. ", "I nominate this guy for president.", "Read this in Ricks voice." ]
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T-4 Bacteriophage virus
https://i.imgur.com/8AyGfQI.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ss950/how_i_got_this_shot_i_dont_even_know/
[ "We're you using a professional camera or some Mickey Mouse camera to shoot this pic?", "My Google Pixel hahaha Mickey magic maybe?", "J.J. Abrahams style.", "All that lens flare...", "Disney's version of guitar hero.", "Once in a lifetime pic", "You probably used a camera.", "By destroying Disney World just for that sweet, sweet Reddit karma.", "Point, Click, Click, Click, Luck, Choose Best, Professional.", "Hmm......", "Fantastic shot! It didn't know they could light the castle up like that", "Yeah, its crazy everything they do with it now. It's a pretty cool show, their Halloween one is our favorite!", "🧐", "Really!?!?? I thought he painted that.", "Welcome to the Magic Kingdom Mother Fucker!", "Honestly it could even be a smudged lens", "That his Jewish cousin?", "Not true. I see no camera ", "Black magic <3 ", "Somebody call Thanos cause those are definitely infinity stones", "I want to play this. Looks like colored guitar strings", "I’d say a phone, with all that noise. ", "*How you got that shot? I don’t know*\n*Fireworks go up, castle glows*\n\n*Nice, Nice, Baby*", "Take out the castle and you've got a nice head start on a Thor: Ragnarok poster", "Can we climb this castle? I dont know ", "Pshh, what does he know. He wasn't there. ", "*takes off glasses and cleans with handkerchief*\n\n*whistles*\n\nWould you look at that.", "I was thinking maybe he took it as they started. A little jumpy. Quick to finish. Couldnt wait to blow. ", "Wowza wowza bo bowzer", "More like Michael Bay", "Disney really is magical at night! ", "Thanos summoning the Infinity Gems and claiming the Magic Kingdom. ", "With a dirty lens.", "It's magic cause Disney ya know.", "The lense was dirty and/or had a thin coat of human skin oil. \n\ncoatings on various reflective surfaces tend to cause these light effects and distortions. \n\nSometimes if you wipe your lense or cell phone camera with your bare dirty finger, you can get the angle of the \"haze\" to change.\n\nSource: shittyasksciense made up from own observations and experiments ", "Looks like the background of my 4th grade school photo.", "Disney has chosen the nuclear option ", "Came here for the IW comment. Thanks!", "If only it had political overtones, it might stay on the front page for hours.", "I mean even the castle is in Thanos' armor color scheme. May be it's intended corporate synergy and all...", "Gorgeous. I should have known they could coordinate their fireworks to go off in a diagonal line. ", "Guitar hero? ", "Why do I feel like Thanos is about to show up?", "You're a dirty lens", "Quiet down, this is a library", "I'm a dirty lense ;-)", "New iPhone background", "Haha I literally just got back from the show to, it was quite the spectacle!", "Sensor flare, maybe your sensor is an old CCD type. They use to be notorious prone to this. ", "Disney Magic, clearly.", "He's a little unorthodox.", "Lol this is almost exactly what I was gonna respond with. ", "Ah, the great Castle of Aldovia. ", "[I wrote a song with your comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2miKjM7L4M&feature=youtu.be). Lyrics: Found myself in a magic land with many different worlds,\nSaw Mickey, Donald, Goofy too, and on teacups we swirled.\nJungle cruise down the amazon Safari through the Sahara, \nNow I have a picture of a castle, probably got it with a camera.", "OP humble bragging", "cant have US , Russia etc etc N-Korea to have their own rockets. In the next year i wouldnt even be surprise for an offical Disney country LOL. ", "It's like I chose Mickey Mouse as my leader of the Magic Kingdom and now I have to bombard those raging barbarians that have come within my capital's 2 hex radius.", "Nice shot man! Even the castle is green with envy!", "Looks like there's a giant guitar in the sky", "found J.J.Abrams reddit account", "Which one of you fellers is the *real* dirty lens?", "I'll list the steps:\n\n1.You took a video of the firework show.\n2. You played back the video in slow motion.\n3. You paused the video at the perfect moment.\n4. You screenshotted the paused video.\n\nThats it. Thats all you had to do. Now you know.", "/r/outrun", "And who’s Pinhole Camera?", "I wanna go back to Disney World :(", "accept greatness when it occurs.", "Omg this is incredible", "Projection mapping is one of the best things to happen to that castle. And really, to anything. ", "YOU'RE dirty and/or have a thin coat of human skin oil. ", "You got all the Infinity Stones over there!! ", "Voltron the magical kingdom needs you!", "By your powers combined ... I am Captain Planet", "Can confirm, I am a camera. ", "Even though my skills have improved since Guitar Hero 3,\nThose notes are way too close together for me to get all of them.", "*WWIII American Anti Air Emplacement, Florida, c.Mar 2142, colorized.*", "I don't know, but it reminds me of [this](https://youtu.be/DBF5dugJkdo?t=7s)", "why does this have so many upvotes?", "Shock and Awww", "Go to bed Dad", "Yeah I don't know how you got a shot without like 10 people holding up tablets in front of you!", "/thread", "Please stand up", "J.J. Abraham Washington ", "You take that back!", "looks like a space marine theme Disney castle", "Good timing.", "Don’t lie. You used Disney magic didn’t you?", "Lol! I instantly want to hug Reddit commentors when I see comments like this...", "The infinity stones!", "NU-NU-NU-NU-NU-NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED.", "Is that Disneyland? Or the Kremlin?", "Came here to say OP got the shot by taking the picture in 1996.", "My first thought was \"WOW! You should definitely do something to make sure this picture doesn't get 'stolen' and claimed and used by other people.\" But then I remembered it's Disney...and they would likely send Mickey Mouse to your house to kick the crap out of you like with the Jonas brothers.", "Nice!\n", "You should try to get another picture without the flares in the exact same spot, and then mixing them.", "R/nevertellmetheodds", "more likely sunscreen. no amount of wiping will get that oil all the way off once you touch the lens.", "Please wipe yourself*", "Who you callin Pinhead", "The term is man grease. ", "Pretty sure those are the infinite stones\n\nAlso notable: the castle has Thanos' color scheme ", "Infinity Stones", "They say the best camera is the one in your hand ", "I love the Disney parks, but this screams corporate vote manipulation. Very high karma count, low comment count, easily visble icon of a brand.", "Disney vs Facebook", "Upvote this comment. Downvote this post. ", "No I’m dirty lens ", "3:00pm in the 3rd left stall at the mall, my pin will be ready for your hole ", "Have you ever had a dolewhip tho ", "You were taking obligatory fireworks pictures, and a picture was recorded and saved on your phone. Grats. ", "A camera in hand is worth two in the bush", "Slow day on reddit?", "You just blinded me with shitty science!", "Hey, hey HEY. This is LIBRARY", "Im not even going to lie. Thats a good pic. I have a few good ones. I just hate looking at them with the amount of ppl that were there. Plus takingvthe tram to my car was not so great either", "Oh look, it's the famous Disney Global Intellectual Property Defence system in action! ", "Looks like an 80s Trapper Keeper", "the comment section is hilarious! ", "Definitely aliens", "What size glass slipper do you wear?", "The parallax on the lens created what's called a \"grade B striation\" effect that is more common in modern cameras that have a reverse-clasp aperture. The chip that writes the color data segments it's work from right to left in order to be more efficient and allow for larger images without a noticeable loss in quality. This can create interesting effects like light striations running the width of the image and I don't know what I'm talking about I'm a fraud.", "You’re a smudged lens", "Wow good one!", "And that purple thing with lamps as eyes in the right bottom looks like our boi Thanos", "Abrams isn’t Jewish enough for you?", " I know, Presing the button ", "It's a firework of art", "filled with calfornians and tidepod eaters so I can nuke them all. -;)", "Disney is a sickness not a fandom?", "Has Disney claimed ownership yet?! ", "must be, it's a preeettyyy bland photo.", "No, you're Dirty Dan!", "Camera and timing, more than likely.", "Sonic rainboom, there is a Pegasus just out of frame on the upper right.", "SWISH!", "hmmm. where can i get some human skin oil? what's the smokepoint?", "*who ya callin’ pinhole?*", "Hmmm turkey legs.. yum", "too bad some guys head is in it as well", "Same with cold beer. ", "Cracked camera lens", "I always knew Disney was working to conquer the world.", "INFINITY STONES?!", "Disney is no joke. I live about 30 minutes from Disney world, heck I've helped build parts of it and been dozens of other times; the pure magic of Disney will never cease to amaze me. ", "We don't talk about that game ", "Trying to humble brag with a dirty shot. Smh", "Now take a pic of yourself taking the pic", "Disney flexing those infinity stones", "Dude. Being exhausted at the end of the day in Magic Kingdom then finding a good ass spot by the castle and letting yourself get caught up in the emotion of being in the happiest place on earth and seeing your childhood favorite movies projected on the Cinderella’s castle accompanied by fireworks and your favorite songs.\n\nThat is my SHIT", "Smudge on the lens? SMUDGE? ON THE LENS?", "I thought you got shot.", "bottom right scary af ", "infinity stones easter egg, disney is genius ", "Is that the power rangers?!?!!?!", "You pushed the take a picture button on your phone. ", "I got dirty frens?", "Disney: firing counter measures!", "You're a bland photo ", "But certainly cheaper.", "/r/askscience ", "idk u probably pressed the shutter button at just the right time ", "I thought this was an obvious reference to marvel infinity war when I saw it, down to the straight horizontal lines like in the comic book cover, and the castle having thanos colors. Am I wrong? ", "You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole.", "Smartphone makers taking notes...*Hmm, people like dirty lens effect now, need to include that in 2019 models.*", "You can’t use that emoji. Not with that username. It’s creeping me out.", "Ha!", "I’m just here for the turkey legs", "Holy. Shit. That stuff is legitimately amazing. ", "Don't mess with the Mouse", "We are a dirty lens", "*Nuclear launch detected.*", "I keep looking at it expecting to see something spectacular but all I see a picture of fireworks with glare.", "This just in, Disney has laid claim to Bir Tawil and announces plans to open a new park there, entitled \"Disney: The Sovereign Kingdom\" in 2021. Egypt and Sudan are reportedly thrilled that their border dispute is now at least partially solved.", "Who you calling pinhead", "That's Disney calling all its princesses for an emergency meeting.", "If you can't get a shot like this with a clean lens, is it really dirty? ", "Number busy", "Holy Shit you know just managed to get all of the infinity stones in their final resting place! Even Thanos Can't fight the mouse that owns him!\n", "*You're* certainly cheaper.", "*WHAM!!*", "No it doesn't", "*You* look like the background of my 4th grade school photo.", "Am I the only one that uses a microfiber cloth all the time before i take a photo?", "Will the real dirty lens please stand up ", "Was your doodle hard ? ", "I will *NEVER!*", "Will the real dirty lens please stand up?", "I'm leisure suit Len. Larry's cousin.", "Clearly this guy's just found the godDAMN INFINITY STONES ", "*NO, YOU!*", "I’m probably gonna get downvotes but Jesus Christ this made me realize how cringey Reddit is ", "Magic of course", "No!", "Thanos has no power over Mickey!", "*thwoomp thwoomp thwoomp thwoomp thwoomp* srcshhhhhhhhhhh", "Like when you have a dirty windshield and run out of wiper fluid and drive around at night. ", "No I'm a smudged lens", "Quick! Loudly declare, \"Trademaaaaaaark!\" Trust me", "Sweet pic! I did some quick color correction to try to remove a little of the haze and turn up the drama. [I'm pretty happy with the result](https://imgur.com/9ZIs0De). :)", "I do. You were at Disneyland.", "Magic, obviously.", " science bitch!", "Chrysler had IBM missiles back in the day.", "Looks more like a thin scratch to me, considering how well defined and linear those streaks are.", "*YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS*", "Yes", "Then, everything changed when the Disney Kingdom attacked.", "They honor Thanos arrival at Disney. ", "🧐", "Fuck with the mouse and he'll buy your TV network/film studio (or just launch nukes out of Cinderella castle).", "Its Disney, you can post a picture with one of its IP taking a shit on a street and it will have upvotes and at least a gold", "What am I seeing in this photo?\n", "You’re a wizard ", "Maybe, but it's a cool lucky shot by an amature of something a lot of people have good memories with. But of course of bunch of wannabe pro photographers are coming in here being all \"this isn't even a good shot wtf Reddit my black and white photo of a coffee mug doesn't get half this many upvotes 😠\"\"", "Looks like Cinderella is in possesion of the Infinity Gauntlet.", "DUCK UAY ", "Was just learning about this in physics. Due to a difference in light speed through the air, oil, and lense, some light bounces back in that thin layer of oil but \"out of phase\", interfering with its own wave patterns and creating destructive and constructive interference and splitting the wave into different colors at different angles from the reflection. Or something like that.", "If this was taken the same day you posted it then I was there too!!! ", "no YOU'REE and/or have a thin coat of skuman hin oil.", "*You're* magical at night!", "Merry cake day! ", "That’s some Fantasia shit", "Now I have a reason to travel to the US", "Nice try, OP. I have that [brochure too.](https://i.imgur.com/AYp89GH.jpg)", "You're a towel", "The final show at Disney world when I was there last year was incredible. I'm not a big Disney fan, but that shit was cool as hell.", "it's that Disney 'magic' in the air. http://i.imgur.com/HywxgEV.gif", "I always look for a soft shirt around", "I had this happen on my old phone with streetlights. not as cool but yeah", "Calling for Jeremain Marciano Lens", "Will you buy it back in exchange for store credit?", "Straight up Sonic Colors stuff, right there.", "Oh good I was worried", "You seen JJ lately? No way that guy could be more Jewish than he already is.", "I was there during the Halloween stuff. It was really awesome. Loved the water show they had too", "This looks like a picture my cracked on the camera lense iPhone would take ", "I love the banding. Do this more. ;)", "STELLA\n!!!!!", "So.. Not microfiber. Also, Aubry was robbed.", "Am I the only one who sees nothing special about this photo?", "Smudged lens", "I mean, that’s kinda true! Haha", "Damn Michele. ", "J.J. Abrams is smiling somewhere.", "> downvotes\n\nYup!", "No it's a man on the moon.", "They've been doing these cool projection mapping shows since around 2011 when I worked there for a semester. They've gotten so much better over the years. It's a really neat way to add something more to the fireworks shows. ", "Earth! \n\nFire! \n\nWind! \n\nWater! \n\nHeart! ", "Damn, you beat me to it. ", "I smudged your moms lens last night. ", "That's Disney World's Cinderella Castle. The one at Disneyland is a lot smaller.", "Had to re watch that because of you so I owe you thanks", "Well played sir/madam.\nGG OP.", "This is the perfect 80's prom backdrop. ", "This is what I see when I look at car headlights at night. Your camera might have an astigmatism. ", "I'd watch that movie. I can imagine Mickey being the king. An AI, and his twelve dancing princesses, also AIs, either in charge of different states or provinces or in charge of different parts of his \"government\". Like Pocahontas heading the EPA, Sleeping Beauty the domestic side of things, etc. So delightfully horrifying. Copyright infringement would be akin to being a traitor. ", "really high f-stop is how you get those flare effects I'm pretty sure, but it would also make the photo a lot darker so it's impressive it turned out this nice.\n\nAssuming I remember how camera work, not very good at them.", "Sciense?", "This... does put a smile on my face", "Some would say it's Disney Magic.", "r/technicallythetruth", "Oh look Disney already got the 6 Infinity gems.", "....I’m going insane by the people who are just commenting about the smudge, it’s obvious OP was just talking about it looks like thanos with infinity stones/gems .....right? RIGHT?", "And there wasn't a Disney employee with a camera standing in front of you trying to block your shots and taking shots of their own to try and sell too you? Lucky. ", "I THINK I KNOW WHAT A SMUDGE ON A LENS LOOKS LIKE", "Watch out for Thanos..", "aliens", "Looks like king Mickey is summoning the infinity stones to his castle", "Thanos infinity gauntlet", "Aww", "With a phone.", "This might be the first time in history that someone took a picture/video of fireworks that ended up being interesting and not sitting in their phone memory, never to be viewed again.", "IBM or IBCM?\n\nI'm willing to believe either way.", "Prepare your hindquarters for a Disney legal love letter ", "sell that to disney", "Your head’s a dirty lense", "yes, because it has dirt on it", "He did us a bamboozle. Thank you u/slid3r \n\nEdit: OR ....what if OP was the photographer who took the photo? ", "*wink*", "I was just there, and a similar thing happened to me. https://i.imgur.com/AcGBtp1.jpg ", "lol i like how you put it in a 1980s Disneyland Tokyo brochure. The projection mapping on the castle really ties in well haha", "Math.", "Actually, this is neither. ", "Even Disney is getting on the PSMR RGB train.", "You're triggering my inner customer service representative.", "First thing I noticed also.\n\nGod, I need a life...", "You were hired by some marketing team?", "sick", "Some might say this shot is magical. ", "Would you just look at it!", "With Dirty Len’s what?", "That...actually fits. Carry on. ", "I think they're sending supplies to the human base on the moon.", "the disney princesses are coming together to reveal the final keyhole", "You found the infinity stones!!!!", "/r/nevertellmetheodds ", "Disneyland has bored me for 20 years. This is the coolest, most magical thing I've seen. And took me back to believing in it in a snap.", "To the top!", "Disney wants this and want to build a whole princess/hero category for it", "Uh that's definitely Thanos' castle. Look at those colors. ", "Can I get a Fast Pass for the pitchfork line?", "IBM Watson has more power than they let on ", "I didn't realize Disney had an anti-missile defense.", "With special effect skills like that I bet you worked for Jostens.", "That's why I keep going back 😍", "Now Disney has all of the infinity stones.", "*Disney itself decided to start the nuclear war (2018)*\n\nr/fakehistoryporn", "You okay there, buddy?", "This is the correct answer. ", "Disneyland's Missile Defense Program is looking pretty spectacular.\n\nCalifornia is protected.\n\nedit: actually I feel like the castle looks different than I remember, is this Disney World?", "OP took the photo. This brochure is photoshopped. You're being bamboozled, but not by OP.", "I'M dirty and/or have a thin coat of human skin oil.", "NANI?! ", "Took this at the roller rink", "turn that frown upside down...", "At disney", "No, it's *coated.* Maybe even *treated.*", "/r/marvelstudios", "IVE BEEN BAMBOOZLEDBOOZLED", "/r/vaporwaveaesthetics", "Pressed ⭕️", "came to say this,\n\naye yai yai yai yai!", "Is it school picture’ day in 1994?", "Not sure if you're serious, but that's not the real brochure https://vegalleries.com/sites/default/files/novdisneyland17083h.jpg", "Can't tell which \"this\" you're referring to.", "Based On Statistics.......4.7/ 10 photos Will have Some Form Of Glitch😁", "Seriously though. Take your thumb and pick up some facial grease. Wipe your thumb across your camera lens. Your streaks will cause a lens flare like the one you took. Wiping from left to right will give you vertical flares and top to Botox will produce horizontal flares. Wiggle your finger over the lens and you’ll get all kinds of crap.\n\nNeat \n\nEdit: *top to bottom...", "r/whataretheodds ", "do you even know where you're at right now?", "Still looks cool. ", "I'd hope that *most* humans have a thin coat of human skin oil.", "One would call it “magical”", "First thing you do is look at it ", "Magic ", "A gift from the _universe_ ", "Somewhere along there.", "You probably clicked the shutter button would be my guess", "BAMBOOZLECEPTION", "Howcwas this shot? Disney magic obviously! 😂😂😂", "Those lights are the Power Rangers on their way to see Zordon and Alpha 5.", "Disney\n\nCountry?\n\nNah...\n\nDisney\n\n*World*", "Like a man on the moon?", "Have fun", "Maybe you wished upon a wish. I hear it makes no difference who you are.", "Special shot with dirty lens.", "THE STAR GUARDIANS ARE REAL! RIOT'S PROPHECY IS COMING TRUE", "'overly\" sugary and 'ridiculously' priced crap.. ^ГTF¥", "Smudge on the camera lens makes those lines", "r/outrun maybe?", "...I am too afraid to ask, and at this point.", "Guys hat is in the picture, delete immediately.", "Oh jeez", "coincidentally ", "The key is to afford to be at Disneyland ", "Ah, it appears we found the photography expert. ", "Thanos destroys Disney World. ", "[Played around with it in lightroom and this is what i came up with](https://i.imgur.com/zpmwVOw.jpg)", "Please stand up", "Star guardians weeeeeee.", "Hello other Kerri *if that is your real name*", "X Doubt ", "[One minute of lightroom edits](https://imgur.com/a/rBZjW)", "*You* literally just got back from the show", "Pew. Pew. Pew. Pew. Pew. Pewww.", "excuse me. can I please get a library card? I have the need to do some dewey.", "or disNey '\"magic\"' \nwhy won't this camera fokus?.. because around here there's nothing good to focus on.. \nbut I have juuust the solution.. a selFie stick to really dial in the focal point... oh wait nm", "......Magic?", "It's so good, it looks fake. ", "Are you jj Abrams? ", "At just the right time too", "disney performs orbital air strike onto universal studios. (2018, colorized)", "but waiting is what ive been doing here all ducking day!", "So... when I see this with my eyes, does my eye lenses have a thin coat of human skin oil? ", "Pushed the camera button on your phone, you did. ", "Monkeys on a typewriter?", "!¿wanna go bowling?¡", "This is crazy. There’s a fucking castle under the fireworks ", "I’d actually hazard a guess that’s noise from the high ISO combined with smoke in the air from previous fireworks.", "Yeah okay, J.J ", "Or a phone\n", "Is that Disney Paris? That can't be Disney World, castle looks different", "Bring out the pitchforks", "[Fixed](https://imgur.com/kvhMX64) ", "I need to speak to your manager!", "Here we see the Empire fire it's superweapon at IPs they don't possess yet.", "[Or the biggest single firework shell](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/9zUk0Pb)", "You're a nuclear option.", "Won't that leave dirty skin oil on the moon?", "Clean your len", "Lense?", "\"They\" say a lot! ", "I didn't know the disney castle had an anti aircraft gun emplacement.", "[](/awwyeah)This is the correct answer.", "Yeah, it's honestly a pretty great picture. Magic Kingdom. I got it back when the lights and fireworks lined up pretty well.", "No it's the pulsar option.\n\nThey've launched their neutron stars into space for app mankind.", "If OP has wiped his camera lens with a handkerchief, we wouldn’t have this photo", "Disney world has installed a new ballistic missiles system, nice! There is no chance for Kim now", "looks like I found buZZed lightyear! but wheretf is Waldo? \noh I see a striped shirt... nm, just another couple of hipster trendsetters from the happiest, errr gayest penisula on earth. and we all thought it was never never land where dreams came true", "Go smudge yourself!", "My older brother got one of those (how is this possible shots) of the Eiffel Tower a few years back, and we are all still in awe. This is even better then his ", "Still An awesome shot. Whatever grease is on the lens. Human, animal, alien. Probably alien. ", "Im betting a phone.", "this guy bottoms (with his thumb ¡ )", "No this is Patrick ", "Is this Disney? Considering they shoot fireworks every single night for like 10 minutes straight I think I have an idea how you got it.", "At approximately 2100 hours, Lord Mickey dispatched an order to launch the missiles aimed at Universal...", "Ah, the ol' Reddit [BAMBOOZLEROO!](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/7sg89k/juan_mata_will_be_joining_donald_trump_and_other/dt4ku22/?context=20000)", "Thanos has arrived.", "Miracle shot. ", "What do you mean? This is definitely not official photo quality ", "Not a fucking doubt about it. The Front Page of Reddit is going to look like a Super Bowl selection of commercials before too long. We'll have some frog saying Budweiser, except more subtle than that, and totally applied to that ironic Millennial humor, then everyone who points out the bullshit will coincidentally have a fuckload of downvotes, nothing at all to do with a bunch of imperialist slave labor out of fucking Myanmar.", "I took a pretty similar picture with my iPhone 4 back in 2012 ", "Shit, Disney have all the infinity stones together! THATS how they got the fox deal. ", "The flare looks like the laser school photos backgrounds from the 80s and 90s.", "GOT EMMM", "We ALL just got back from the show on this blessed day. :)", "talk about luck", "That is a beautiful photo.", "Will the real dirty lens please stand up? ", "My theory is you went to Disneyland with a camera.... But that's just a theory.", "Is that Jean Michel Jarre’s house?", "Would you look at that!", "RemindMe! One month", "Yes, but you have sign up for your Fast Pass time slot 6 months ahead of your scheduled mob.", "Will the real dirty lens please stand up, please stand up.", "r/politics has already been completely compromised, they control the political front page. Corporations and political campaigns control a lot of what you see on Reddit ", "I bet when you got it back you just had to look at it", "Onset of dmt hallucinations look like this", "> Thanos \n\nUmmm...[Disney Tokyo](https://i.imgur.com/AYp89GH.jpg) maybe... ", "'Disney launches its first strike against Japan, 1945 colourised'", "I never figured the aliens would attack Disney first. They must be mad because of Star Wars.", "While half the crowd records with their phone and uploads to Instagram.\n\nPlease everyone, just enjoy the moment.", "Would you look at that?! \nWould you just look at it??? \nJust look at it? \nWhere is that cop id like to take a look at him. \n\nAHUHUHUHUHUHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH", "r/vaporwave", "Disney magic", "This epic shot must be taken by a camera logically - answer to your question..... ", "nice", "I got pulled over in jersey in the passenger seat for no seat belt, IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. \nI said \"would you look at this, would you look at this?\"! ", "Disneyland feat. Led Zeppelin laser show", "Via salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.", "The infinity stones \n", "Can you explain this, OP?\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/AYp89GH.jpg\n\nThe blood suckin’ foolery once again proves karma whores will do anything for going on the front page. /s\n\n———\n\nSaw someone who photoshopped it and went along after double checking that it’s fake/edited, should have implied that beforehand, still good detective work by some users.", "This is what results of multiple works.... ", "wait a minute, that's the exact photo in the magazine!\n\nOP IS A LIAR!", "Who you callin’ pinhole?", "Don't they have fireworks like every night? ", "This is such an awful photo? ", "Am I the only one that uses a microfiber cloth all the time before i take a photo?", "username checks out", "Anybody else read this as “how I got shot, I don’t even know”?", "Sure, JJ. ", "/r/vaporwaveaesthetics", "Magic, obviously", "Psh, you mean a month from now? Or give it a few days for Instagram/Snapchat.", "was it during gay pride week?", "This whole thread is a trip", "Uh, you took a picture of expensive coordinated fireworks brought to you by Disney and the \"effect\" you're getting is because you didn't wipe your finger grease off of the lense causing a blur. ", "No *I'm* dirty lens", "OP is secretly J.J. Abrams.", "You got that shot by taking a picture....", "You caught the launch of the lions for Voltron!", "Sweet shot though ", "> top to Botox \n\nHow did you know I had my testicles done??", "Noice", "“Zordon, were on our way! Back to action!”", "It's fake \n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "It's fake\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "This reminds me of Jojos Bizarre adventure for some reason. Landing on Disney Castle from the sky.", "It's fake\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "No you’re not. ", "The new show really is incredible. ", "It's fake \n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "Fake\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "Fake\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "Acid kicked in", "Fake\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "This is a photoshop. You can see the corners don't match up and someone below has posted the original brochure. A bamboozle bamboozle. What has the world come to. ", "Looks like a trash image to me! Enjoy your upvotes!", "As long as you don't come asking me for a refill with your 5 year old bucket, we're good, you can come back.", "👌🏼", "Fake\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "I'm heating some pitchforks\n\nEdit: Nevermind OP is legit.", "Thanos is comming !!!", "Doubt you shot this \n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "I think OP was just trying to say he/she was so fucked on speed balls and alcohol that they don't even remember that crazy night. ", "Fake\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "The brochure was photoshopped to include this photo...\n\nThe photo was taken by OP...", "Maybe a screen cap from a video camera. ", "Where I can buy dirty lens?\n", "Like grandpap always said", "nice try, next time make sure your image lines up with the old one ;)", "but... [that's also fake](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know/dt7iqip/)", "Whut kind of porn is this?", "*wonk*", "You spelled Mammon wrong. ", "[Maybe explanation is here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7ss950/how_i_got_this_shot_i_dont_even_know/dt7h5mr/)", "You don’t know how you got it because you didn’t.\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/AYp89GH.jpg\n\nEDIT: I was wrong. OP is legit. [Here’s the original magazine.](https://vegalleries.com/sites/default/files/novdisneyland17083h.jpg) ", "As a couple of people pointed out there, that brochure is edited. Check out the bottom left of OP's picture, and you'll see it doesn't properly aligned there. \n\nAlso, someone linked a pic of the actual brochure. ", "Looks like you were at Disney, at night, during the fireworks. I hope that helps you remember. ", "Rekt", "[I don't know what to believe](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7ss950/how_i_got_this_shot_i_dont_even_know/dt7h5mr/)", "You aimed a camera and pressed a button ", "J.J. Abrams would be proud.", "[lol](https://vegalleries.com/sites/default/files/novdisneyland17083h.jpg)", "OP stole it from another source...here come the downvotes", "There's one that shoots off leaves and explodes at the end like a flower. Im pretty jaded with pyro, and it's the one firework I've seen in a decade and gone \"holy shit.\" ", "That’s awesome!", "Available for $4.99 at your nearest Disney March Store. Battlefront 2 included for sense of pride and accomplishment. ", "I dont know whats happening here", "You can see the bottom left corner of the original behind OP’s photo. Why would you photoshop this?", "The Great Mouse himself took the podium with a solemn look on his face. The crowd of scared denizens hushed as they looked up at their leader. Many in the group had been on opposing sides to this deceptive rodent, but now they stood as one, united by the hatred of their collective enemy.\n\nWith a deep inhalation, the mouse began. \"It is with a heavy heart that I report that at 6:32 PM Central Kingdom Time the enemy has crossed our borders without word of diplomatic intent.\" he stated and paused to let that sink in. Some of the smaller and more childish of his subjects were looking around in confusion. Sighing in resignation, the leader stated \"The Magic Kingdom...is now at war.\".\n\nThe silence was shattered by those simple words. Objections, cries of horror, pleading for their lives. All of it was there.\n\nBefore the mouse could speak anew, a distant rumbling was heard and an orange glow rose in the distance. Already the fight was at their gates.\n\nHe attempted to gain order over the assembled crowd, but few were paying him attention. Gritting his teeth in annoyance, he took a six foot long hammer out from behind him and slammed it on the low wall next to him, the resounding boom sending the audience into silence as all turned to face their leader.\n\n\"We have never been at war before, and we never sought this war....but that does NOT mean we are unprepared for it! We have weapons! We have magic and other abilities! For nearly a hundred years we've fought each other! For fun, I grant you, for our entertainment, but fighting nonetheless!\" he shouted, emphasizing the final point with a fist slamming down on the podium.\n\nSlowly as he spoke, his citizens calmed before him. He could see fear in their eyes...but he could also see their minds grinding away. None of what he said was untrue, his people were not soldiers, but they were far from helpless. There were gentle murmurs as the various beasts and beings of his kingdom spoke softly to each other, discussing this thought.\n\nThe conversations were halted when a distant burst of music issued forth and the ceremonial guards on the gate blew an alert horn. As the soft electronica grew closer and louder, the mouse continued his steady speech, reminding his citizens of what they could do to each other and what that would do to their opponents. Instead of the fear that the hated enemies electronic beats normally brought forth, he could now see fire, and in some cases literally so, burning in his peoples eyes.\n\nAll throughout the courtyard, he saw swords being drawn, oversized muskets loaded, clubs practice swung in the air, comically large bombs checked for fuses, and more as his people prepared themselves. A smile crossed his features, something he'd been afraid never would again when he heard the news. Several cracking sounds shot across the distance and several looked up to see the enemies six multicolored rockets flying through the air towards them.\n\n\"Magic users! Wands up! Repel those rockets!\" he declared into his microphone as those capable of such feats readied themselves, the electronica booming clearly through the air now, even through the war cry of his rallying people. \"Everyone will be on their own once we drop that gate! But remember this! Whomever brings me the head of that dancing old shit gets the next feature movie! And not that direct-to-vcr garbage either!\". For just a moment, the shouting drowned out the sick techno beats from the other side of the walls.\n\n\"The Magic Kingdom did not start this war, but it is Six Flags who shall fall! Lower the gates! CHARGE!\" he screamed and leapt over the podium to join his people.", "Gay cannon preparing to fire in\n\n3\n\n2\n\n1\n\nYasss", "Disneyland has Sleeping Beauty Castle. This is a Cinderella Castle, so it's either Disney World or Tokyo Disneyland.", "A very common mistake ", "It's not fake!\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7su1kp/how_i_got_this_brochure_i_dont_even_know", "Username checks out.", "I don’t know who to trust anymore.", "It looks like the beginnings of the [Sega intro video](https://youtu.be/CB_hpjE9Zy4)", "At Disney that's where magic happens", "isn't that fake tho\n\nwell it's still a real shot either way..", "The power rangers", "yea...this is weird", "*Inserts punny response referencing thanos and the infinity gauntlet*", "Is that One For All DEKUUUUUU", "Yeah. World. He's probably in front of the forecourt stage. \n \nEdit: Bad memory.", "You’re cool ", "Wow, looks great! I need to go back there sometime... It’s been 5 years since I’ve been to any Disney parks. ", "No, go read the replies to the link you shared. The brochure is the fake - not OPs picture. ", "A dream is a wish your heart makes", "And your upvotes prove that Reddit will believe just about anything without taking a proper look.", "Internet points. ", "No, that’s a fake brochure. Go read the comments on the link you shared. ", "Fun fact, for certain weak bladder conditions you can be treated with Botox!", "The bugs hit us Johnny!", "You're absolutely fucking right, I knew it was weird.", "wait, then why is this photo in the tokyo disney magazine the other guy posted?", "It’s Disney World, Magic Kingdom, and the castle during the Happily Ever After fireworks show! :) ", "Is there a way to clean it up a bit? I just got into photography so I can’t do it but I know it could be cleaned. I think that would look awesome though.", "Or it was stolen from a magazine (this picture was stolen from a magazine)", "Should've pushed the guy in front of you out of the way.", "Hot damn, that’s twice today I’ve clicked on a gif link that has been tits. The first being that penguin rocket gif we were all so hyped on this afternoon. ", "You’re the first time in history that someone took a picture/video of fireworks that ended up being interesting and not sitting in their phone memory, never to be viewed again. ", "It looks like the Champion's Ballad thing from Breath of the Wild. ", "Thats your mom shooting those out of her vagina.", "https://youtu.be/OlJlBIMQy7k", "If shot with a smartphone the effect is likely caused by dirty glass in front of you lens. Or your mom was right and you're so good at whatever you do. ", "This just un DISNEY BOMBED", "The original person didn’t get too much attention so I simply used the same link and directed it towards OP ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) \n\n", "Wooooooohoooo!!!!", "Going down from 50+ to >40 upvotes in less than a few minutes, it’s a joke that’s why I edited the original comment.\n\nYou can google “Oriental Disneyland” and the brochure will appear with a different picture on the front page of google.", "Trust whoever has the most upvotes!", "Is that castle Black/Blue or White/Gold?", "But what are those?! Haha are fireworks??", "😂 made me laugh ", "I'm happy you got such a cool shot and even happier when I found out it's because your lenses was \"dirty\"", "I did NAHT! \n\nSomeone else did and I went along with it, wanted to see OPs reaction.", "Is this the live action voltron movie?", "u/dsiddarth", "Research further. The brochure is a photoshop and *it* is the fake. Read the comments on the link you posted. ", "Totally foot-loose doode", "Thanos is coming....", "No you!", "And gay", "Seems more beautiful ", "No, you're a dirty *tease*. ", "Hmm, sorry. I can usually get the sarcasm without the /s, but it really doesn’t come across well over the internet sometimes.", "**I'm Dirty Lens, yes I'm the real Lens. All you other Dirty Lenses are just imitating, so won't the real Dirty Lens please stand up, please stand up, please stand up**", "Shouldn't those be on a Gauntlet somewhere?", "At the end of the vid he’s just like “look at this look at that look at this”, and the other guy is just happy to talk about his car so he doesn’t notice lol.", "wtf man whyd u spoil infinity wars", "Serendipity. Just really good timing with the smoke in the background aiding the flare effect. ", "I need to read more about this land! You should go turn this into a writing prompt! Or I will...\n\n*Update: just posted this", "Technically I think this picture is Disney World, not Disneyland. ", ">human skin oil\n\nMy cat touched it, now what?", "Who ya callin pinhole?", "You spent over $100 on a people trap built by a mouse. ", "Read the title as \"how I got shot, I don't even know\" for a moment. Was expecting quite a different kind of thread...", "North Korea finally hit their target", "What *I* don't even know is: is the castle White&Gold or is it Blue&Black?", "No, but 500 elephnant will work.", "#BOOM FUCKING ROASTED ", "I used ‘blood sucking foolery’ in an attempt to overdramatize, oh well people say I’m a dick because whenever I make an attempt to be sarcastic they take me for real so I don’t blame you at all.", "How I photo’d this shop, I don’t even know", "*deep voice bellows from inside castle*\n\nIn time, you will what it's like to lose...", "Dude you can't just say it's tits and then have the gif include no tits. That's like false advertising or something ", "Got inspired, made it HDR, fixed darker areas and expanded it three times in Snapseed off a mobile save of the shot. Now I want to progress through that render as a map to Dr Wily's castle or something lol. \n\nRef: https://imgur.com/gallery/iKiVf", "You poor soul", "Russia using rockets (1944 Colorized) ", "Haha your link was posted like 4 hours after this one", "It looks amazing! ", "Or he’s J.J. Abrams. ", "You're dirty lens? I'm dirty lens", "Wut'n tarnations!", "Nice try, Disney PR guy ", "Legitimate rhetorical question:\nMay Disney® obtain this image as property just because?\nYes.", "> penguin rocket gif\n\nSource?\n", "My bad. /r/fattits NSFW!\n\n Edit: wow I am really fucking this up. Didn’t there used to be a tits bird subreddit? A la /r/Superbowl? \n\nI give up", "power rangers or sailor scouts?", "http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/210/119/9b3.png", "It's not a very good shot, that's how.", "New JoJo opening.", "The Happiest Place on Earth. It's a fact", "That's not how that works.", "Now is *lens* here a euphemism for *vagina*? In which case SIGN ME UP. And clean up my cheese please. Just wipe up around the edges -- leave the chunky cottage in the middle -- it's a fetish.", "Heimdall !?", "Reddit can’t decide if they like your picture or not. Photography buffs are like, “whatever” rest of wish we took it. Either way, you got an ass ton of meaningless internet points.", "Disney vs Facebook", "Just had the craziest thought.\n\nWhat if the last Infinity Stone was in Disneyland and could only be found through an ARG that hasn’t opened or been found yet.", "Wow", "Good afternoon, \"OP\"! How can I he- *\"OP\" cuts in*", "Disney purchases the second most explosives in the USA behind only the department of defense. So they probably have more explosives than some countries.", "Captain? How does this effect happen?", "Or potato.", "Whoa. Slow down. ", "GTFO out of here with photography-related context in /r/pics of this shitty shitty image that is inexplicably on the front page. Go on. Git.", "Yay! Everything is gay! \n\nDisney, formerly the epitome of traditional Americana, has gone full schlomo with the acceptance of degeneracy.", "Disney goes to war", "Interesting fact: Disney is the second largest buyer of explosives in the US, second only to the US military.", "Looks like the Infinity Stones are coming together...", "Maybe it’s just the subs I frequent, but I’ve seen that kind of hyperbolic language used unironically many times. Still, perhaps I should make more of an effort to differentiate between sarcasm and genuine outrage from now on.", "Maby someone stole your mobile and used it to take pictures against your will, \n*AND THEN RETURNED IT?*", "TIL Disneyland is the secret HQ for Power Rangers", "Excellent; hopefully he will rid the park of half of the visitors and then the lines won’t be so long. ;)", "http://reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/7sot2x/zoo_penguins_is_so_happy_that_it_snowed/dt6rnyu", "probably with a camera and quick shot..", "Does anyone see those lines coming out of all kinds of light sources driving at night? ", "No, you are Felix", "Yeah it's just boxes for me.", "Camera will come with grease pre-applied", "I was the camera", "The actual photographer probably put a woman's stocking over the lens. ", "How did you get a picture of the supreme leaders home during the \"Hawaii\" test at that! He will not be amused!!", "What is going on here? People claiming its fake by posting the photoshopped brochure, which is also not real, but proves that the photo has been going around for a while. So can someone give me the truth, please?", "Infinity Stones??!", "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the camera. ", "Magic missiles", "Who’s house is that?", "Looks like a large *rho aias* ", "You mean the Tokyo Disneyland brochure from no later than the 90s?\n\nOP's pic is in Walt World taken during a fireworks show that debuted last year. ", "I need to go back. I was there in the fall and it was so crowded and so miserably hot. Splash mountain was closed and that is my favorite ride. It’s never that bad in fall", "Will the real dirty lens please stand up. ", "Queue the drive soundtrack.\nEdit. Not sue...", "This goes for life in general. Have a meal with your friends without worrying what the people who aren’t with you think. ", "Them's fightin' words!", "That image was created in this thread...as a joke. ", "lol, calm down. It's a boring photo we have all seen a million trillion times. Are your mickey ears on too tight?", "Looking like a fool with smudge on the lens!", "you're a bland photo!", "I'm dirty lens and so is my wife!", "I love how easy it is to make changes with the mapping but I hope theme parks move too far away from animatronics though. Something really awesome about robots sharing then3D space you’re in. ", "Smeared lens. ", "Right? Now it's at over 40.0k!", "By being a rich ultra liberal adult who is still interested in cartoons and phones have cameras on them?", "I just turned a corner and there it was", "DisneyWorld, the ~~happiest~~ last place on Earth!", "Jessuuusss. It’s not enough to have it be a leaf. Hahaa I remember seeing a Pepsi logo firework and getting excited. Not sure how I’d respond to a whole fucking flower ", "But its a nice one", "Reminds of the colors used in a Thor Ragnorok.", "Disney Dystopia", "I have a new lense on life.", "r/whataretheodds ", "Anyone else wanna play Guitar Hero? ", "It looks like you can only buy [artificial human sebum](http://shop.pickeringtestsolutions.com/Artificial-Sebum-ASTM-D4265-14-25-g-1700-0700.htm). However, [sheep sebum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanolin) is used for all sorts of stuff, including nipple cream.\n\nNo idea on the smokepoint of either.", "Well first you pointed the camera, at a slight tilt, then you waited for the fireworks to start, and then you clicked the button. Science.", "I honestly thought I was the only person confused by all the Disney photos, TIL and other things referencing Disney the past couple months. Reddit is flooded with it.", "The light streaks will go perpendicular to the grease streak. You can put fishing line across a lens to get the same look or use a streak filter ", "It's one of those new human skin lenses.", "You are a brainwashed slave.", "Evilbuildings", "Yeah # give me my coat back!", "Chinese lens ?", "Nice lens flare you got there JJ Abrams", "With magic. Oooo", "Swipe the lens with the tip of your nose", "Can't wait to see the Disney World people create!", "\\o", "Nothing beats the original 😎", "Makes it even more impressive this is a daguerreotype.", "I always see lights like this when I wear contacts", "Probably by hitting the shutter button.", "THE INFINITY STONES", "It was the magic of Disney.", "I need to go there with someone who has this particular shit. Halp find plz?", "Disney marketing - *wet dream*", "**holds gun in shaking hand**\n\nHOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU IS THE REAL DIRTY LENS!?!", "How do you know it's human skin oil?", "You take that back!", "I dunno man, sometimes I just use google images instead of a camera. It’s sooooo much easier", "With your powers combined... ", "Diffraction.", "So, this isn’t beautiful? Well that hurts, what in the world is then? ", "r/evilbuildings ", "This has been the best laugh off Reddit for the evening so far. Haha. Thank you. ", "Yup, that brochure you linked is indeed [fake](https://vegalleries.com/sites/default/files/novdisneyland17083h.jpg).", "You've got beautiful skin with a nice healthy coat of human skin oil", "Samsung already figured this out last year. Why else would they stick the fingerprint reader right next to the camera and make them feel the same?", "YOU'RE AN INANIMATE FUCKING OBJECT!", "Looks like when the power rangers leave", "Yeah, that totally isn’t photoshopped [*cough*](https://vegalleries.com/sites/default/files/novdisneyland17083h.jpg)", "Probably clicked the button on your phones camera while pointing the lens at the scene you wished to photograph.", "Fairy dust on the lens.\n\nDid Tinkerbell do a fly over?", "Stinger incoming! \n \nDeploy Disney™ Flares™!!!", "directed by JJ Abrams ", "Just like bob Ross said, this is a happy mistake :)", "You get this effect from rubbing your funnel cake fingers on the lense.", "You're a Wizard Harry! ", "Ooooooo!!!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!", "Too late, the Disnukes have been launched.", "it looks like mickey mouse went all in on some anti-aircraft guns", "The LGBT community is doing missile tests as well now?", "It was the happiest place on Earth. Then the Fire Nation attacked.", "With your powers combined, I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!", "This is such a rollercoaster of emotions.", "Did you buy XLM?", "You must’ve wished upon a firework....", "by not throwing it away.", "Happiest place on earth is where your roots are, not an over-commercialized, money-sucking, soulless theme park.", "redditors never fail to make me laugh. thanks guys :')", "Well, Zordon needed to get teenagers with attitude.", "\"Disney does not disclose the cost of fireworks, but just the nightly – and sometimes twice a night – 'Wishes' fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom costs anywhere from $41,000-$55,000 a night.\" Holy mother of God....", "Now I want a Fallout game set in post-apocalyptic Disney World.", "Dirty Lens bro", "Clean your leans you smuck.", "NO THIS IS PATRICK!!!", "gonna up vote but it was at 911 and I didn’t forget ", "Lucky", "In Disneyland", "This does not belong to r/oopsdidntmeanto", "Infinity Stones", "Literally just imagining a missile with Mickey mouse ears.", "All the infinity stones in Disney land protected by Mickey himself, who needs the avengers? ", "And I'm a flasher ;)", "Form VOLTRON! ", "Something something fire and fury", "I just returned home after working there for most of 2017 and devastated is an understatement. I've never missed anything so much in my life.", "I thought that was the Kremlin at first ", "Looking at this just made me feel like Disney has it's own line of power rangers. The rides are just different parts of the Megazord XD", "Upvoted for Tom Scott", "Its the slogan of the park, calm down.", "Far fucking out mang", "Door Doo Doo doo-doo doo-doo", "Looks like the castle is firing heat seeking counter measures", "Amazing.", "Did anyone already say \"difraction\"?", "This at Disneyland or Disneyworld? ", "That guys fat head ruined it", "Yay, free karma!", "So a stealth marketing post brilliant", "Well you are in the most magical place on Earth.", "Yes, because your nano particle coating is probably completely gone and you have introduced a lot of scatter into your front element as well as bringing the transmit tan even down by about %3. You should routinely clean your lens, like with a full clean not just microfiber, but no more than once monthly. Use your air blaster and fine haired brush for spot cleaning in the field.", "Does that mean the earth is dirty?\n\nI guess that’s why we call dirt earth sometimes.", "Who ya callin’ pinhole ya fackin pinhole?", "you know you watching too much bitcoin market crap when all you see here is a fib retracement", "You should share this on r/Walt Disney world 😊 ", "- AA gunfire during the nazis last stand, Berlin 1945", "That's my point friend, you're being duped into thinking that this is what happiness is by a series of carefully crafted messages and images all the while getting robbed at every corner. Meanwhile, happiness is free.", "I vote black magic", "Can't wait for Infinity War!", "I have 15 better pix with my camera phone than this from last year, and they have Tinkerbell in them. I really don’t understand how this got 56k..?!?! ", "Disney World", "What video are y’all referencing?", "Several thousand in credit card debt?\nEdit: card has a d at the end...", "But are fireworks flat or round?", "I think the best camera is your own eyes. I hate when people watch the firework show through their phones. Not the same affect. (From an alum cast member at Disney world) ", "This was in a brochure, you didn't make it", "Oh god what a roller coaster now I don’t know what to believe!", "Ed Bassmaster... just look at it. ", "Fake news ", "Go go Power Rangers!", "Damn how did u take a photo from inside a guitar? ", "Whoah! They let you into hell to take a picture?!?!", "A little bit of ass grease on the lens does wonders", "If you need proof, look at the picture in the brochure he linked, you can see it doesn’t line up with the one it was pasted over, resulting in a border of the old pic still visible at the bottom left.", "Lmao who thinks of this shit hahaha", "Taste the rainbow\n", "https://i.imgur.com/1bYsweX.png", "Looks like a great 90s school picture background ", "https://i.imgur.com/NBNx0RN.jpg", "I'm Don Juan DeMarco.", "I'm glad I'm not the only one to realize it.", "So is there a way to fix this? Im uh, asking for a friend...", "I thought earth or soil was called dirt in American English much the same way they use the word 'faucet' for 'tap' ", "/u/Kerri12 I tried to improve contrast a bit [like this](https://i.imgur.com/4LSimBX.jpg)", "WIBBY WHAM WHAM WOZZLE!!!!!!!!!!", "Protego Maxima. Fianto Duri. Repello Inimicum.", "By the Power of Grayskull...I Have the Power!!!", "The infinity stones", "Oh hey it’s Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet! ", "..and Disney has stolen your image and owns the rights. You should get the letter in about 2 weeks. Thank you for visiting Walt Disney resorts.", "When you wish upon a star...", "Lmao that's great", "I'm kind of a pinhead....", "They're weren't even in Disneyland though", "Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.", "Alright, you can be dirty lens, I just wanna be Patrick", "So Disney DOES have all the infinity stones. ", "It looks like a Magical Kingdom ! ", "Your parents make 90k a year and took your ass there, free of charge. That’s how you got the shot. ", "Woah, someone actually won Takeshi's Castle?", "Is that a NieR screenshot?", "If you look closely at the blue firework for 30 seconds, then close your eyes an image of DJ Khaled will appear!!!", "Yep, I think the only reason I want to go back is for that exact show that gets put on. Its mind bending to think all the money and pyrotechnics that is used ever day. The rides and attractions and characters I can do without, but the fucking entertainment and that show will always amaze me and pull me back.", "US is reporting 6 \"Mickey\" class warheads in their airspace. EVACUATE HAWAII", "Grease streaks on your camera lens...", "Lucky shot", "Are those the infinity gems? ", "Cool shot though ", "I always keep my human skin collection nicely oiled ", "Hey, I'm at Walt Disney too!", "Nani?!", "with Maaaagiiiic!!", "The infinity stones are in the Disney castle!", "Wow Zordon has really remodeled the command center. ", "Idk if it means anything but OP has 14k karma while this post alone has 62k currently. I’ve seen better pictures on the Walt Disney World subreddit so I was surprised seeing this currently #1 in All. I kept looking at the picture trying to find something hidden. Guess this is my first time actually witnessing voter manipulation ", "I was thinking it looked like an anamorphic lens\n\n[link](https://www.google.com/search?q=anamorphic+lens+flare&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSmPzl__LYAhWHTd8KHckHDD4Q_AUIESgB&biw=375&bih=553&dpr=2)", "Oh, you captured the fireworks' death-beams that ravage the surrounding lands into submission to their lord's dark wizardry. They're usually invisible... Huh! :D", "Hope you don't mind if I save this photo and use it for birthday cards, thank you cards, no-effort holiday cards, and the occasional Mothers Day card!", "Yeah Moscow is beautiful ", "You cynical mother fuckers. It's never good enough for you, is it.\n\nThat's amazing. So cool you you got to go. It really is like magic, isn't it?", "Is this true?? ", "So there are actually 6 stones instead of 5? OMG my whole life has been a lie!", "Yes, but spelled it \"dirty lens\"", "How dirty?", "that's a postcard circa 1978", "He’s dead Jim", "Ooof. I wanted to get contacts to replace my glasses, but that might just make me cahnge my mind", "Those are the infinity stones, most definitely. The beginning of a big PR stunt for Avengers Infinity Wars.", "That's what we like to call a Churro filter. ", "Disney World's 2nd grade class photo. ", "The magic of Disney ", "Double burn. I was hoping you guys would cut him some slack, but my intuition was right again. I know you too well. ", "who knows..they might own the MOON by all we know and the reason why USA and any other country dont send any space ship to the moon any more cause its the land of disney and any space craft that comes close would be shot down. LOL", "that would be the highest growing and fastest disappearing population ever recorded. All would be lost in their dinner party, everyone takes a bite of their famous TidePod and the next day everyone parish. ", "Someone ask a question only the *real* dirty lens would know the answer to, then we’ll know who’s the imposter!", "Facebook is childs play. just a tool. FB sucking on China's banana but failing due to recent events (see china uncensored Youtube)\n\nbetter yet . Disney VS Google. what a WorldWar that would be", "I’m sorry with those lens flares? Yeah don’t try to take J.J. Abram’s work...", "You guys are making me wanna charge Disney right now. I remember being surprised one day, instead of taking us to school, my mom (as a single mother mind you) took me and my 3 brothers one day, we had no clue! Will never forget the excitement and the smirk on her face as we started to figure it out. And that freak out moment when it's confirmed as you drive through that Disney entrance. Hahaa man that's good stuff", "This happens with my glasses sometimes and driving at night is such a pain when all the street lights so this 😭", "NANI", "And Parkinson’s.", "Lol you lens is fucking dirty", "Dread it, run from it, the mouse still arrives.", "You’re so unromantic. ", "You're a dirty dirty lens. Yes you are.", "Happy Cake Day, Cutie! 😘", "Or was black", "#DEFCON MOUSE", "When did Disney get AA? ", "But there were always six. One for each knuckle and one on the back of the hand. Power, reality, soul, time, space, mind.", "Call Michael Bay.\nLens Flare has reached a new level.\n", "Finally taking our that rascally rabbit?\n\nOr you think they are aiming for the snarky frog?", "Mystery of the century !", "Oh shucks! It seems you were right. Stupid me forgot all about the Soul Stone! Which one was it that went at the back of the hand?\nApologies for my ignorance.", "It’s the Camera shutter", "There are 999 comments so this is number 1000", "Through Camera?", "You went to Disney World. You stayed there the whole day. Waited for the parade. Took a picture.", "They look like infinity gems to me.\n", "disney is precise as fuck", "That's some goddamned Disney magic right there, great photo! ", "camera?", "Woah", "\"We need teenagers with attitude\"\n\n*epic metal intro*", "I was about to type that lol", "Will the real dirty lens please stand up?", "Looks more like the Kremlin. :)", "J. J. Abrahms would be pleased", "Infinity fire works , arrival of thanos ", "Well, its obviously not the happiest place on earth, but I dont feel duped when some of my happiest memories with my family and friends happen to involve Disney World and the messages they create there. I understand your point, but being run by a corporation such as Disney does not male these places soulless.", "Kim Jong Un, launching missiles from his presidential palace?", "Thanos is coming for the stones", "Disney has some crazy air defences!", "TIL bro, thanks! ", "Male juice", "> GTFO out of here with photography-related context\n\nHis guess isn't even correct lol. ISO and smoke don't create lens flares. It's just a shitty cell phone camera with a dirty lens.", "I'm da pappy!", "Disney is the second largest purchaser of explosives in the United States after the US Military.", "I have to look it up and I'm pretty sure the colors changed a few times but you can always check the image of [the gauntlet](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/c/cd/The_Infinity_Gauntlet.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140422022415) and compare with [the gems](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/77/Infinity_Gems_from_New_Avengers_Vol_3_3.jpg/revision/latest/thumbnail-down/width/732/height/723?cb=20140603044336) ([more versions](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/c/c5/Infinity_Gems_%28Item%29_%28Earth-616%29_from_Infinity_Gauntlet_Vol_1_1_0001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20161011033428), [another one](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/superheroes/images/8/8e/Infinity_Gems.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20170814132505))", "[space balls evacuation sequence go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfkNvOOiZ_8)", "Needs a towel", "The infinity stones!", "oh look, Sailor Moon transformations going on", "That's why I keep going back\n\n", "nice exercise in media literacy", "You can be dirty lense, sponge bath, I just wanna play some more", "*POW!!*", "\"Would the real dirty lens please stand up.\"", "Could have been up to 2007ish, i still saw a bunch with the laser background from then", "Helped you, Yoda did. ", "i know how, you went to disney and took a picture during a fireworks display", "Its called the reedy creek improvement district ", "Spectacular pic!", "I don’t think Disney needs to stealth market their most anticipated movie of this and next year.", "90s lasers background", "┬┴┬┴┤ ͜ʖ ͡°) ├┬┴┬┴\nCall me Lenny.", "Usually firework pictures are stupid but not this one", "Ok", ":O", "\"Who's the leader of the club\nThat's made for you and me..\n\nM-I-C.. K-E-Y... M-O-U-S-E...\n\nHey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there\nYou're as welcome as can be\n\nM-I-C... K-E-Y.... M-O-U-S-E\"\n\nAnd the soldiers marched on through the burning rumble.\n\n", "Does this shot make anyone else think of the Mario & Luigi Bye Bye Cannon?", "Thanos will be pleased.", "The Mouse has anti-aircraft batteries?!", "okay but real talk the BEST thing is just being able to go do disney casually. Like instead of planning out every moment of my day or trying to fit a million things in, I could just pop by the parks and just... hang out. Like I could just go visit one of the princesses before work and then grab an ice cream and leave. Or sometimes I'd like to go bum around and talk to different cast members. Or just hang out somewhere and people watch. Or I could explore, like really explore, the different resorts and chat with guests in the lobby and WOW I really miss Disney. Working there was incredible and hopefully I'll get back there sooner rather than later.\n\n\nedit: JUST a warning though, don't do what I did and make disney your whole life. I basically lived on property (could see Illuminations from my window!) but I also NEVER left. Like, Disney World was the extent of my everything I did/saw/experienced. For me, it was super unhealthy and led to a bit of a lapse in my mental health, which ended up sending me home. When you're so saturated in that sugary sweet magic that is Disney, it's not always necessary a good thing", "Duh, magic. You're at the most magical place on earth!", "The Christmas show was..... incredible. I would highly recommend if you ever get the chance. It was like midnight and i swear to fucking god they turned night into day for like 30 minutes.", "Wow", "The magic of Disney helped you ", "\"Disney purchases Star Trek, promptly launches photon torpedoes.\" ", "Looks like an hdr effect on a phone.", "~~Because there are fireworks going off constantly and you used your camera.~~ You must be very special.", "By pushing the button on your camera", "Disney side of the moon", "The mouse has the Gauntlet. The Cheese stands alone...", "> calm down\n\nahh the reddit white flag", "Speak for yourself", "At the time yes, it took a bit for the buses to pick us up.", "I'm pretty sure you were at Disneyland. You should probably check your fitbit to make sure.", "Hah! I thought the tree was the smoke trail for the firework. “This is going to be awesome.” It was.", "No muchacho..you just went on an unnecessary, overly worded rant about a boring photo. How's the koolaid taste?", "I don't know what to believe any more...", "dayammmmmm did you go to the hospital?!", "Hey! I live there!", "Oh hey yeah, that’s a good point that the flare is contributing. Hadn’t thought of that.", "So how many people go to Disney parks and are disappointed to find the castles are all forced perspective models?", "The infinity stones? ", "You know, Disney would be the ones to create rainbow-colored nuclear explosions.", "Hey that’s what my vision looks like without anti glare on meh glasses", "Amazing! \n\n...\n\nWhere are the stones Disney!?", "You asked for the \"lasers and castle\" background from the photo studio taking your school pictures.", "I'm *your* dirty lense ;-)", "Holy crap, thanks. Didn't know\n", "Wow, I don't know what to believe anymore", "Didn't know ", "Holy crap. Good job OP. Don't know what to believe anymore", "Nice! Didn't know", "Fixed", "I'm just imagining OP looking through his photos, seeing this and thinking \"WTF, I've never even been to Disney Land!\" ", "Neither was OP, apparently.", "As someone who wears glasses, yup.", "Looks like a giant Infinity Gauntlet, complete w [the Starlin Shine](https://goo.gl/images/Q4mWf7) ", "We're all dirty lenses on this glorious day. ", "Disney \"World\" - FTFY", "Probably went to Disneyland", "NO I'M DIRTY DAN!", "Case closed", "Someone wiped the lens near horizontally and then diagonally creating a linear fresnel effect with the streaks.", "Now, witness the power of this fully armed and operational Disney Palace", "I've only been to Disneyland. My bad.", "Wow, you're right, they were a step ahead this whole time!", "Guessing you hit the shutter right after you heard \"It's Morphin' Time!\"", "Looks like aliens attacking. ", "I'm not entirely sure honestly. I always thought you'd need to be in a factory to re-apply the coating, but there's some video out there we they can apply nanoparticle coating with a simple solution and a spray bottle.\n\nSo you may indeed be able to do it yourself.", "Ah, the good ol’ Infinity Gauntlet shot ", "I got to see Happily Ever After (the name of the current fireworks show) on New Years Day with my girlfriend. Had the best seats for the showing. We bawled. It was beautiful. Best experience of my life.", "With a camera device, perhaps?", "You and your camera deserve a blow job or something I’ll see what my $50 Amazon card can get you ", "JJ ABRAMS??", "I know I don't, but that's a great idea!", "If I had the motivation and hadn't just worked a 14 hour day I would probably Photoshop out the dude in the hat and kid in the bottom.", "Agreed. I think the main Harry Potter ride does a good job of that. However, all those rides give me a head ache and a sore neck always trying to constantly adjust to how the ride is moving. And a little motion sickness. If you’ve ever been on the Mummy ride at universal, it’s basically perfect as far as the blending of horror/thrill ride and coaster. More like that please. ", "That's part of the magic ;)", "How recent is the photo? I was there in December and the 11pm Firework display was phenomenal.", "Last night I took it :)", "My phone would much appreciate it lol", "Oh shit, that looks epic!", "I....I'm sorry ", "Nope! Disney World :)", "Lol", "Awesome!!!!!", "My husband and I want to see it real bad. We saw the Halloween show three years ago and it was fucking incredible. By far one of the coolest things I've seen.", "I thought it was the new Star Trek movie", "Lens flare due to dirty lens hahaha I have this way too often!", "Yes it is, it makes it to the front page a few times a year.", "Did they remodel it or something? I don't remember that stained glass Cinderella being there. ", "Don’t you agree? ", "lel", "But why does a Mickey need nukes?", "I thought this said \"how I got shot\" then stopped reading, looked at the pic then looked up recent shootings at Disney land...... Wtf am I doing with my life.... ", "All the infinity stones in Disney land protected by Mickey himself, who needs the avengers? ", "Trolololo... Nice.... The ole reddit switcheroo.. ", "I dont get why everyone is freaking out over this..", "What size glass slipper do you wear?", "I've seen this photo posted twice now. No one remembers this?" ]
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How I got this shot, I don't even know
https://i.redd.it/jucb8j0ic4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssdg6/a_cloudy_day_in_nyc_2015_my_first_trip_to_nyc/
[ "NOTE: I took this whilst on the boat over to the Statue of Liberty. It was my first time in NYC, and my first time going over to the see the Statue. It was a cloudy (and cold) day, which I thought made for awesome photography. \n\nThe cloudy background really made the green/blue of the Statue “pop”. This is infact my favorite photo from my 2015 NYC trip. And I wanted to share. \n\nEDIT: I know I could of lined it up a bit better, more to the left to have it more center, but unfortunately I didn’t realize until I got back to the apartment that night and loaded up the pictures. ", "It took three years to upload? ", "Technically 2 years and 2 months. Hahaha. No but seriously, I was just missing NYC (my favorite place) and was going through photos and wanted to share a memory (: " ]
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A cloudy day in NYC (2015 - my first trip to NYC).
https://i.redd.it/2n3n7t4sd4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssf5f/10000_upvotes_and_ill_put_a_safe_under_my_new/
[ "Take my Karma", "Yeah, ill bite... to the top boys!", "Happy Cake Day!🍰", "Thank you!", "Put some bars of fake gold in the safe. ", "One request for vote manipulation and this post gets nuked.", "? Wait is this breaking the rules?!", "Yes, that's at the very heart of Reddit.", "Well, shit... \n\nI just assumed it was ok given the countless other examples I could reference...", "Guess there are countless other attempts at vote manipulation.\nhttps://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq#wiki_what_constitutes_vote_cheating_and_vote_manipulation.3F", "So is it a gray area? Or why were the other post “allowed”?", "1,000,000 upvotes and I raid it.", "I want whoever’s foot is in the photo to be in that safe!", "A used condom and half a box of Cheerios.", "Definitely curious to see how far this goes...", "Jesus... I rather it be empty...", "I thought your username was half life and I got excited for a sec. ", "Tore up glue down carpet?", "Pretty much...\n\nGoing to put down nice laminate to make the house look better.. want to sell sooner than later.. ", "If you are going to do that I would check out some LVP (luxury vinyl planks) it's comparable to laminate in price and it's some good stuff. It holds up to damage a little better and is a little easier to clean and walk on. It looks like laminate or hardwood. Just food for thought. Also don't forget to level the floor properly.", "Let's be honest, you were going to do it anyway. ", "Reported. Bring this crap back to Imgur", "I mean I not super eager to cut a hole in my sub flooring, but if it’s what the people want I will make it so!", "I'm willing to bet you'll do it for 5000 upvotes.", "Thanks for expressing you thoughts and I will respect their decisions regarding the post. See the conversation earlier.\n\nBut let’s not get all high and mighty that we’re (Reddit) that *much* better that Imgur...", "r/sneakybackgroundfeet", "Put in a smaller safe and Fill it with chuck e cheese tokens.", "What happened with the recent safe found pic? I don't recall which sub it was.", "The guy at the home improvement store mention those as well....\n\nI think the biggest factor is that we (myself and family) have quite a bit of experience with laminate versus LVP. How difficult or different are the two for insulation?", "Nah", "Your asking for up votes it’s stupid ", "/u/MrE761, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must not ask for votes. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/MrE761&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7ssf5f/10000_upvotes_and_ill_put_a_safe_under_my_new/?context=10\\))", "Thanks for letting me know! \n\nI’ll stand by my feelings that it wasn’t a ploy to get up votes, but can see how it appears that way!\n\nJust wanted to get some real safe hype going!", "Wait, what kind of backwards ass karma train is this?! Lemme get this straight.. So we vote, then you hide a safe, tell us about it, and then let us vote some more to decide what goes inside it? I think I'll just come back two weeks from now to the discovery thread and wait impatiently for disappointment. And also, by that logic, in theory you would owe us upvotes.", "You’re just gonna wait around for 10 thousand upvotes the our your flooring down. 10 thousand. You’re a fucking idiot ", "Don’t encourage this ", "Yea it got removed.. No worries!", "Honestly not that different of an install. Some of it is tungue and groove and some it is just plain and click and stick together it can be pretty simple. \n\nI deal with water damages on a regular basis and I always advise people to get LVP cause when laminate gets wet it's ruined. If LVP gets wet it's a letter better chance to save it and you some money.", "Thanks for the info!\n\nI might go look at what the have tomorrow..", "I found the LVP I used (Core-Tec) was much easier than some laminates I’ve dealt with. Another feature I liked was no underlayment, as it has a layer of cork attached to each plank. Also, I put a small piece in a glass of water for a week and it didn’t affect the material at all. Completely waterproof. \n\nWord of warning, Home Depot carries their version of LVP and trying to install that was a disaster. I returned it all and got the Core-Tec.", "Yeah just look at the backing and the thickness. If it has a built in pad it's easier to walk on, and it will show you how it gets put together.", "I'm reading the same rules you are.", "Then you wouldn’t have said “10,000 upvotes and” you would have just done it. Are you retarded or just think everyone else is? ", "Yea I read them and this post was removed (which I’m fine with). \n\nThat said, I’m confused or maybe not understanding how others have done this type of manipulation without issue.\n\nMaybe a moderator’s personal decision?", "No. Which is why I thanked the mod for their decision..\n\nI was stressing “Hey my *intent* wasn’t to manipulate people to vote for me, but I see how it looks like that”...\n\nHonestly, I was trying to show I understand now and the mod doesn’t have to ban me or whatever..\n\nDoes that make sense to you, or are you just going to continue to insult me?", "Yea I see that now.\n\nI can stress it wasn’t my intent to manipulate upvotes, but objectively it’s clear is was. " ]
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10,000 upvotes and I’ll put a safe under my new flooring. No bamboozles. 100,000 upvotes and I let you decide what I put in it.
https://i.redd.it/cg3emaghe4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sshf1/tom_cruise_about_to_throw_a_helicopter_like_a/
[ "Mind you helicopter is still a common noun", "oh look....he's running in a movie again.", "“You can’t catch me, gay thoughts”" ]
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Tom Cruise about to throw a Helicopter like a freakin' javelin
https://i.imgur.com/2Rsn9pi.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssk5k/at_nearly_88_years_old_gene_hackman_just_bought/
[ "I'm 28 and had no clue what an e-bike was.", "I'm 35 and had no idea what an 88 year old Gene Hackman was. He's unrecognisable.", "Santa Fe woo! My buddy did the glass in his house on the road up to the ski area. Said he’s a great guy. ", "Real talk, I thought Gene Hackman was dead.", "88 year old Gene hit me in the feels. He looks good though. I’m happy he got an e-bike.", "Where I live the only people with ebikes a re crackheads, alcoholics, and petty criminals.", "From the Broken Spoke, Santa Fe, NM @brokenspokesantafe", "What's the difference between an e bike and a regular bike?\n\nAren't all bikes environment friendly?", "The e is for electronic. It’s got a battery operated motor to assist in propulsion. ", "That was Heartbreakers you're thinking of.", "So... It's a motor cycle????", "Not legally. They’re classified as bicycles because the motor is relatively low-powered and only assists in the pedaling. ", "Gene Hackman, one of the biggest stars in the world, decided in 2004 that he was going to retire from acting and has stayed true to that.", "Maybe you were thinking Gene Wilder?", "He has lost SIGNIFICANT weight.", "Actually probably thinking of Denis Hopper.", "Oh yea, him too... :(", "Bike bought 88 Hack Geneman.", "Dude looks good.", "Here in Ontario, it's comical how nobody understands these machines. My buddy owns one and he thinks he can't use bike paths because he's not a bike. He thinks nothing of blowing through red lights, using pedestrian crosswalks and parking it on the sidewalk, but still thinks he's awesome for *not* using the bike paths. And he's not alone. I keep telling him it's a bicycle [by law] and governed by cycling rules [which for adults here are the exact same as cars], but I gave up arguing. I can't fix stupid. He's been hit three times so far.", "Can't the dude just buy a bike without people trying to leverage his celebrity? I tell you, we're worse than any paparazzi. ", "Yeah, and he went out on Welcome to Mooseport. Welcome to fucking Mooseport, man. \n", "Here in Denver, same thing. The bikers code seems to be, \"Screw you, I'll do what I want.\"", "Sounds great for older folks with less endurance. They get tired toward the end of the ride they can use this to get back ", "So, to a 23 person like me, it's kind of not worth it?", "Who irons their jeans with a crease down the front? Gene Hackman.", "I would be more impressed if he could use regular bikes in his age", "Common thing in southern/southwestern United States. The hard of a crease means he had the starched and creased at the dry cleaners. Looks good with boots. ", "Around here it's those God damned kids smoking their e-cigarettes and using up all the internet", "Where I live all the delivery guys have them. The bikes are actually illegal but apparently that doesn't stop them.", "It makes me think that perhaps he had a serious illness to have lost that much weight.", "If you scrape the paint off, it turns out that the frame is made out of solid gold.", "i use a swagcycle every night. Its all electric. Awesome little bike. ", "Nah, just age. If he's getting an E-Bike at 88, he's still pretty active. Active old guys tend to shrink a bit past 70. My pops was 5'10\" and 215lb his whole adult life. He dropped down to 170lb between age 72-78. He was still in great shape, very active, but he just didn't have a big appetite anymore. \n\nBig men over 70 that don't eat as much, tend to lose weight (bulk) rather steadily. ", "He knew he was done. I have mad respect for him. He was always a serious actor, and Mooseport made him realize that major Oscar worthy roles were becoming out of reach. Gene took his money to the bank, and has spent the last decade plus living life. \n\nPssstt! Robert DeNiro, take a hint! ", "He looks great for 88 years. I hope I'm considering buying an e-bike when I'm that old! ", "I just watched the episode of South Park \"Krazy Kripples\" and that is all I can think about", "Nearly 88? Why not 87?", "His birthday is 1/30, less than a week away. ", "Yeah i wish i look half as healthy at 88 as he does", "> Gene Hackman's maid.\n\nftfy", "He seems to be posing for the photo quite happily, probably just an old dude excited to be buying some modern new tech. This pic has nothing to do with paparazzis and nobody is leveraging his celebrity. It's not like the bike shop is going to print ads with the photo.", "He looks great for 88. If you didn't know what he looked like when he was younger he could pass for being in his 60s.", "They are quite popular with senior citizens in Denmark. You can get around easily, get some fresh air and a bit of exercise without overstraining.\n\nIt's nice.", "Sorry to nitpick here, but I think the word you wanted was electric.", "They're cool with running stop signs and red lights until someone gets hit, then it's \"Why weren't you watching out for us?!\"", "His face is still the same, right there in the middle. ", "To an obese 43-year-old like me, they are a practically a miracle. I am biking regularly again for the first time in three years, during which obesity and mild mental illness got away from me, to devastating effect. I've walked back from the brink, and now I'm on a Juiced CrossCurrent S, the most amazing thing I've ever purchased. Guess what, you still get exercise, but at about the 60% of the energy expenditure required to do what you'd do on a normal bike (a mountain bike in my former days, so not extremely efficient). I can now comfortably ride 20 miles at a clip and not feel destroyed and dreading the three mile hill back up to my home. Once it warms up, I will be biking to work, 28 miles roundtrip, as often as possible. The bike is so fun to ride, it's like a damned Ferrari, but infinitely more practical. ", "TIL Gene Hackman is still alive.", "He doesn't look a day over 70.\nGood for him, keep on rollin' Gene" ]
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At nearly 88 years old, Gene Hackman just bought an e-bike.
https://i.redd.it/yd0lxstgh4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssn41/is_moon_made_of_cheese/
[ "No. ", "Yes.\n\nMoon Cheese, to be exact.\n\nIt may look like rock, but don't let it fool you. It's actually delicious cheese. ", "That's as Gouda theory as any ", "It’s just a moldy spot, eat it anyways ", "It's not made of green cheese, its BBQ spare ribs and you wash it down with an ice cold Budweiser.\n[Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQDqRlMeJ4U)", "There's mold in it! ", "That's just Lake America", "No the discolored spots are rust from when it used to be being stored on top of the pyramids. It's a giant steel shell. Inside is a giant robot.", "Nazi robot?", ">Nazi robot?\n\nThat would pretty much be our luck wouldn't it. It could be a giant chocolate dispensing robot. An awesome uv light emitting rocket robot that could pilot the Earth safely through the cosmos. A terraforming robot capable of turning the whole Earth into a paradise. Nope fuck that shit it's mecha Hitler. ", "Genuine question, how come basically all the craters on the moon are about the same depth.?" ]
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Is moon made of cheese?
https://i.redd.it/knq9xy8ki4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssogl/watching_the_revenant_in_spanish_class/
[ "ok", "Good call... You know, until you need spanish for something.", "In Spanish I hope?", "Nope. Had to turn it off because Tom hardy screamed “FUCK!” about three times in a span of 15 seconds ", "You had the speakers on? Is it noisy as fuck in Spanish class?", "There were about 10~ kids and we had a sub so we just played it on speaker " ]
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Watching The Revenant in spanish class
https://i.redd.it/rh001h0ki4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssok7/shot_by_my_mom_at_the_tantramar_marshes_nb/
[ "I'm pretty sure shooting Snow Owls is illegal.", "I just knew if I read the comments someone would make a joke about shooting the owl. Thank you for meeting my expectations in one comment. ", "I knew what to expect as soon as I got the comment notification.", "r/superbowl/", "lol. That's the fun thing about Reddit comments. 90% of the time I can guess what someone id going to say just based on the post. \n" ]
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Shot by my mom at the Tantramar Marshes, N.-B.
https://i.redd.it/xhc06xczj4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssqka/a_wanna_be_flamingo_with_a_funny_bill/
[ "poser", "This bird has a nice damn deck, you know, for a spoonbill.", "A rosette spoonbill :)", "hater" ]
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A wanna be flamingo with a funny bill
https://i.imgur.com/WEMxQhL.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssr0o/an_elijah_wood_fan_club_shirt_from_1994/
[ "Several years ago I was in a restaurant/bakery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Met a man who claimed to be Elijah Wood’s father. He gave me and my fellow collegiate volunteers a bunch of old fan gear. I was weirdly giddy at the whole interaction.", "This is on the front breast pocket. https://i.imgur.com/TJ07t1G.jpg ", "I had to Google this just now and was like wow, in 94 in \"the war\" he was tiny, that fan club must have been 90% family, 5% friends, 4% Hollywood big wigs, and 1% pervs.... give or take a % " ]
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An Elijah Wood fan club shirt from 1994
https://i.imgur.com/SF20KNu.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sssdn/break_dance_of_my_kitty/
[ "FRESHstep MOVES", "Faith Cattors.", "Watch me meow...." ]
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Break dance of my kitty
https://i.redd.it/0q54lcxzk4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sssf9/two_elephants_greeting_each_other_on_the_highway/
[ "This is some elephant bambi shit right here. ", "Just the tip", "This makes me sad. ", "Boop* ", "Trunk Bump", "\"Honey, that border agent scared me.\" There there, were safe now.", "Like, Dumbo?", "Agreed. Elephants are intelligent and sensitive beings", "I forgot about that :( fuck you for reminding me.... ", "Oh god, that scene where he visits his mom..", "Beat me to the bump", "\"I loved you in Wall Street\"" ]
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Two elephants greeting each other on the highway.
https://i.redd.it/xxli17kdl4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7sstaa/ridgetop_tunnel_in_tennessee_a_mile_long_straight/
[ "And you are taking THAT lamp?", "Hah, no. It’s an active mile long tunnel so if a train were to come through you’d be toast", "More like a long cream cheese smear I should think. ", "What cream cheese flavor has that crimson color? ", "Cranberry?" ]
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Ridgetop Tunnel in Tennessee. A mile long straight through
https://i.redd.it/bg6xrgz8m4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssv22/a_world_of_chocolate/
[ "That’s one tight sphincter.", "I bet the world of chocolate is a close **knit** group", "It makes me uncomfortable.", "2/10 does not resemble earth", "How did you make this??", "This looks like Arabic writing. Reminds me of back when I was in Iraq and in Sadaam’s palace, he had Koran verses all over the building inlaid in stone or plaster or something. Anyway, this looks beautiful and I wonder if all of your stuff is as delicious as beautiful.", "My guess is she had a mold of half a sphere, likely silicone. Then you put melted chocolate in a piping bag and make squiggles. Let dry. Repeat. Use melted chocolate or a hot knife to melt two sides together. " ]
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A world of chocolate.
https://i.redd.it/j3euvrmcn4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7ssxce/classy_decal/
[ "They got the tiny dicks right, I give it 5/7", "r/trashy ", "She's Floating. 6/8\n", "Somehow I can still feel the awkward eye contact", "That's called ping pong. " ]
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Classy Decal
https://i.redd.it/bazkja6yo4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7st23l/my_friends_i_got_drunk_dressed_up_and_went_to/
[ "“You good M’Lord?”\n\n“Yes, M’Lord.”\n\n“Me too, M’Lord”\n\n“......I could use a little help M’Lord.”", "Did you or did you not say \"dilly dilly\" repeatedly", "I had some friends that did that, too. We were way more into it, but in an ironic way. #nonerdo", "I love the friend who you had to be like \"DUDE, we were serious, put on this Burger King crown ok?\" and then the friend that was like \"I'm short. Soooo everyone needs a Dunce Wizard.\" Was this in Orlando?", "Hope you guys kept the sword fighting on the field. ", "Was no one questioning the guy with a camera in the bathroom?", "Did anything happen when I left? Kevin cried. No i didnt \"Dilly Dilly\"", "Is your friend on the far right old enough to get drunk?", "I’m guessing they’re comfortable with their sexuality ", "Jester: Dids't thou peer upon the ample bosom of ye mead wench?\n\nBlue Shirt: Verily!\n\nBlack Cape: Huzzah!\n\nRed Cape: Hark brethren! Tis m'lady thou speak'st of! Thou art knaves!\n\nJester: Taketh a cooling capsule brother! I merely jest!" ]
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My friends & I got drunk, dressed up, and went to Medieval Times. Another friend snapped this photo post battle and I thought it was pretty funny...
https://i.redd.it/be0tuszxr4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7st3bh/my_brother_does_this_every_time_we_eat_out/
[ "It keeps his \"moustache\" clean...", "You mean keep his hat on inside? Yeah, you should really talk to him about that...", "Duuuucheeebaggg", "I'd hate it if a straw magically appeared in front of my brother's face every time we ate out", "Dumb^2", "Gonna poke a waiter/waitresses eye out. lol", "I mean if you're gonna give me 10 extra straws this is clearly the intended use", "Wasteful.", "If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake...." ]
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My brother does this every time we eat out.
https://i.redd.it/ei995z02t4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7st4uj/painted_this_cat_today/
[ "Very nice. You captured the cat's expression very well.", "😻", "😎", "Thanks for saying!" ]
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Painted this cat today.
https://i.redd.it/yiscyfcjt4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7st5my/new_leaked_photo_of_trump_with_stormy_daniels/
[ "It looks like this post is about US Politics. Various methods of filtering out content relating to US Politics can be found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/wiki/v2/resources/filter/politics).\n\n*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/pics) if you have any questions or concerns.*", "No Jeff Daniels? Son, I'm disapointed. ", "Right, I mean Newsweek. Bit of a miss.", "That's pretty good, shocked you don't have more upvotes." ]
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New leaked photo of Trump with stormy Daniels
https://i.redd.it/c45ri1weu4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7st6wt/i_love_texas/
[ "Hamilton Pool. Not far from where I live.", "How do people find places like this that's not shoulder to shoulder crowded... ", "This place has been shit for at least 15 years ", "Does that mean it's recently gotten better or that this is just a flattering picture of it", "It means it's over crowded. ", "Don’t tell everybody! That’s why it’s starting to get packed during summer! Lol ", "Did I say Hamilton Pool? I meant Pamilton Hool! Disease is a horrible dyslexia!", "Hahah smooth save;) ", "That’s some terrible photoshopping. ", "Too much HDR but I love Hamilton Pool nevertheless ", "What are you talking about, it’s a real place...", "I’m saying someone ruined the photo in post by overworking it. Poorly.", "Ohhhh. Yeah I kinda agree but I love bright beautiful colors so yeah.. lol ", "Moar HDR!", "Starting?" ]
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I love Texas ❤️
https://i.redd.it/4vtkipupu4c01.jpg
/r/pics/comments/7st7ce/given_there_was_some_recent_safe_hype_going/
[ "I've read lots that say they opened the safe to find the combo of the safe written down on a piece of paper which makes about as much sense to me as locking your car keys in your car for safety but...\n\nDo that but with the wrong code just to fuck with them further.\n\nOr the URL of this post.", "I was thinking a reference to this post...\n\nReally just hoping the next person who found it would be a Reditor like us..", "Alternatively an even smaller safe inside it would be amusing.", "Maybe you should put some damn shoes on!", "put in a safe and fill it all the way up with plain cooked oatmeal. alternatively, one small plastic horse just sitting in the middle", "A porno mag, a bottle of lubricant, and a single 9mm bullet.", "Several pictures of other redditor failed safes", "Jar of pickles, jar of vaseline, 1 rubber glove; with a note that says, \"Only to be used in case of nuclear strike.\"", "Oh, and I forgot, a picture of Emilio Estavez and Charlie Sheen from \"Men at Work\"." ]
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Given there was some recent safe hype going around and I happen to be putting in a new floor, should I put a safe in and what should go in it?
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/r/pics/comments/7st7qp/oh_good_i_found_the_head_disposal_bin/
[ "Only crumpled paper heads", "Decaptiation sanitation.", "Ah, perfect, I needed one of those the other day. Shame you can never find one open when you really need it." ]
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Oh good, I found the head disposal bin.
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/r/pics/comments/7staho/river_rock_chimney/
[ "Very cool! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that ", "If that's the chimney, I wanna see the rest of that house!", "Stone cold awesome ", "Masterpiece", "Now it's a chimney Rock", "finding all the perfect rocks for the shape must have been a struggle ", " Am I the only one who finds this a little bit tacky? Like no offense if you like it, you do you, but it just isn't my bag, baby. ", "I love this I want it done to my house now lol", "Stone Cold Steve Ausome\n\n\nFTFY", "Epoxy? Cement? Magic? How is it held together?", "Me neither! Except for the other 50 times this was posted.", "River rocks contain a certain amount of moisture which, when heated turns to steam and causes the rock to explode. Nice......", "That is so beautiful. And *very* ambitious! Outstanding work; I've never seen one with a bench like that, extra cool.", "any pics of the full house? shame to think the chimney is so big on a modest size home", "rubber bands", "I wonder if there's a poor riverbed nearby being completely eroded because it lost its stones ", "It‘s too big in my opinion, it looks a bit ridiculous. I like the design tho.", "That must have taken all morning to put together.", "it's easy. start at the top and work your way down", "There's a reason why stonemasons keep their work level. In a few years, that chimney is going to slide right down the diagonal.", "It's cool but it makes me a little uneasy for some reason. ", "Came here to say this. River rocks are the last thing you want to use for a fireplace, or a campfire. First year Boy Scouts, guys!", "it's doubtful that these rocks are anywhere near the heat. Its most likely a facade for a cinder block casing plus metal or ceramic flue connected to the fire box. ", "It is in California's high seismic acceleration zone and he has a 2 ton inverse pendulum jutting out the top of his cabin.", "A couple of seasons of freeze/thaw in a northern clime and it will just be a pile of rocks." ]
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River rock chimney