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Answer: To "play through":
>The terms "play through" and "playing through" refer to the act of a faster group of golfers on a golf course being invited to or allowed to pass a slower group - for the faster group to get ahead of the slower group.
>Ideally, this happens at the invitation of the slower group. Let'... | 55 | c7fwv5 | esg2mna | 2019-07-01 00:37:53 | true | What is up with this viral Trump cartoon strip causing the artist to be fired? | Link to article: https://crooksandliars.com/2019/06/canadian-cartoonist-fired-after-his-trump
I'm not from the US so I don't understand what this cartoon is trying to imply, and why is it offending people/going viral. Appreciate the help! | 254 | 2019-06-30 15:40:23 | true |
Answer: People are pleased or offended because it's a condemnation of Trump. It implies (in my opinion, correctly) that he's utterly indifferent to the suffering caused by his policies and rhetoric on immigration.
The newspaper vigorously denies that this cartoon led to their ending the contract:
> "It is entirel... | 2 | c7fwv5 | esh7e19 | 2019-07-01 12:43:08 | false | What is up with this viral Trump cartoon strip causing the artist to be fired? | Link to article: https://crooksandliars.com/2019/06/canadian-cartoonist-fired-after-his-trump
I'm not from the US so I don't understand what this cartoon is trying to imply, and why is it offending people/going viral. Appreciate the help! | 254 | 2019-06-30 15:40:23 | true |
Answer: Many people find that the visuals/sound produced by cutting soap are quite satisfying. It's a subset of a genre called ASMR, where a lot of people do weird things in front of a camera and expensive microphone to achieve a similar effect. | 1 | c7ia7k | esgfv9q | 2019-07-01 03:31:08 | false | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why... | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer: ASMR is what people love | 1 | c7ia7k | eshx92h | 2019-07-01 17:38:51 | false | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why... | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer: https://youtu.be/vFqbWwKg_o4
This video explains it pretty well in a mildly entertaining manner. | 1 | c7ia7k | esof05s | 2019-07-03 15:03:52 | true | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why... | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer:I Believe it has something to do with the phenomenon of ASMR, or Autonomous sensory meridian response | 7 | c7ia7k | esfgbcn | 2019-06-30 20:10:15 | false | What is up with all the soap carving and soap cutting videos? | [MOST SATISFYING SOAP CARVING VIDEO](https://youtu.be/8UYcbAP5TQw)
I went to the explore tab on my Instagram for the first time in months and it was filled with all these videos of people slowly cutting and carving different soaps. I was like ummmm I don’t care about this, don’t want to watch the videos and wonder why... | 6 | 2019-06-30 19:12:52 | true |
Answer: It's a scientific field that's been advancing rapidly, and people are finding all sorts of interesting ways that the human microbiome is involved in seemingly unrelated aspects of health.
This part is probably conjecture, but because the subject matter is easy enough to get your head around, most people are f... | 15 | c7haiv | esgg4l5 | 2019-07-01 03:34:29 | false | What's going on with redditors always upvoting posts about gut bacteria? | Anytime there is any post talking about a new study talking about the importance of gut bacteria, how gut bacteria is affected by x etc...
It get's really upvoted.
Only time I see posts about research being consistently be upvoted is when is something redditors really want. Like anytime there is a post "New study in ... | 9 | 2019-06-30 17:45:05 | true |
Answer: There were a few word puzzles before the game actually started. One of the clues was "Person____ality" with the correct answer being "split personality." So many people responded with the answer in the chat that more and more people started posting the same thing as a running gag. Even several minutes into t... | 10 | c7non2 | esgi9pc | 2019-07-01 04:03:51 | false | What's up with "Split Personality" being the current HQ Trivia chat spam item? | An awful lot of the HQ Trivia chat spam June 30th was just the phrase "split personality" and some people asking what that means and not getting an answer. I can't find anything with Google. Is this like Bird's Nest Soup where it's actually linked to an infamous HQ question, or is it a sample of a general phenomenon go... | 8 | 2019-07-01 03:44:24 | true |
Answer: Yeah, they’re incels. They formed that sub after the original one got banned due to a series of *particularly* extreme posts from members of their community (like one of them (with some reading between the lines) soliciting for advice on how to get away with rape on LegalAdvice). | 180 | c7oeqc | esgnkaf | 2019-07-01 05:27:55 | false | What's going on with Braincels? | What are Braincels? I've not heard of them until I stumbled across their quarantined subreddit not long ago. Are they related to Incels?
Why is their sub quarantined? Is it from an isolated incident, their general content, etc?
[A recent hot post where they use the kind of words you see with Incels (Foids, Chads, et... | 92 | 2019-07-01 05:03:34 | true |
Answer:
if i’m not wrong it’s a petition to get rid of the law in Singapore that prevents men from having anal sex. Unfortunately the government has not done anything about it yet. The law is not enforced though. | 14 | c7qg0g | esgyfmt | 2019-07-01 09:34:14 | false | What’s up with “repeal 377A Singapore”? | so i know this has something to do with equality for the LGBT community, but what is it exactly?
example link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted\_at\_san\_francisco\_pride\_2019/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x](https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted_at_san_franci... | 14 | 2019-07-01 09:24:41 | true |
Answer: 377A is a colonial-era law criminalising sex between gay men. The reason it's coming up now is because Singapore's pride rally, which is very tightly controlled and restricted, was just a few days ago (29 June). [I posted a little bit more info about it in r/LGBTeens.](https://www.reddit.com/r/LGBTeens/comments... | 6 | c7qg0g | esh55hc | 2019-07-01 12:05:51 | true | What’s up with “repeal 377A Singapore”? | so i know this has something to do with equality for the LGBT community, but what is it exactly?
example link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted\_at\_san\_francisco\_pride\_2019/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x](https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/c7mzrt/spotted_at_san_franci... | 14 | 2019-07-01 09:24:41 | true |
Answer: she tried to interject herself into a conversation between world leaders. It was awkward, based on their body language she was being ignored and not desired there. Basically forcing herself into the conversation. Here's a link to the article that has the actual video in it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/... | 6,900 | c7r7cz | esh3tk7 | 2019-07-01 11:40:50 | true | What's going on with Ivanka Trump? | I read something along the lines of her being sent to a political meeting and not being qualified. What exactly happened? Did she make a fool of herself? Or are people just upset at her being Trump's daughter and being given such a big responsibility? (Nepotism?)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-flames-... | 9,521 | 2019-07-01 11:03:44 | true |
Answer: Not only did she hang out [at the G-20, she crossed into North Korea](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/30/politics/ivanka-trump-g20-north-korea/index.html) with the president. She's an unappointed, unconfirmed "[assistant to the president](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/29/donald-trump-ivanka-... | 5,558 | c7r7cz | esh7ks5 | 2019-07-01 12:46:02 | true | What's going on with Ivanka Trump? | I read something along the lines of her being sent to a political meeting and not being qualified. What exactly happened? Did she make a fool of herself? Or are people just upset at her being Trump's daughter and being given such a big responsibility? (Nepotism?)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-flames-... | 9,521 | 2019-07-01 11:03:44 | true |
Answer: The French government recently released a 15-second video clip of an extemporaneous conversation between Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Christine Lagarde, and Ivanka Trump. The conversation took place during the G20, an annual economic conference attended by world leaders, during off-session. I... | 103 | c7r7cz | esjbv8j | 2019-07-02 01:13:40 | false | What's going on with Ivanka Trump? | I read something along the lines of her being sent to a political meeting and not being qualified. What exactly happened? Did she make a fool of herself? Or are people just upset at her being Trump's daughter and being given such a big responsibility? (Nepotism?)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ocasio-cortez-flames-... | 9,521 | 2019-07-01 11:03:44 | true |
Answer: The 80's were the best of times and the worst of times. Video game culture really started in the 80's and therefore are generally a pretty cool retro theme for many games. | 99 | c7rczn | esh4ngn | 2019-07-01 11:56:40 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/21... | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: the people who grew up in the 80s are running things now. That's why Stranger Things and Ready Player Of are so popular. | 56 | c7rczn | esh87x3 | 2019-07-01 12:56:02 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/21... | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: kind of, more like a theory.
Looks like Sci-fi and Cyberpunk themes are becoming popular once again.
Keep in mind that, in the recent E3 conference, a lot of games included Sci-fi Themes (Halo, The Outer Worlds, Cyberpunk 2077, Watchdogs, etc.), So that makes 2020 the year of Sci-fi games.
Now, if you take... | 9 | c7rczn | eshl7g7 | 2019-07-01 15:39:49 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/21... | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: It's just a fad, nothing more. People were nostalgic for the 70s back in the 90s and you had a few fads come back, alot of it has to do with faux nostalgia and cultural shifts, nothing more.
Alot of it is also wrongly themed. Vaporwave and Synthwave sounds nothing like actual 80s music from the decade and is m... | 7 | c7rczn | esiu6x3 | 2019-07-01 22:31:27 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/21... | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer: The stereotypical "80's"/Vaporwave/Synthwave aesthetic has a lot of connotations of summertime: sunglasses and beaches and oceans and palm trees and such. These updates are specifically coming about in the summer, so that may tie into it. There's also Stranger Things releasing its third season in a few days, wh... | 4 | c7rczn | esk7cvf | 2019-07-02 07:51:57 | false | What's up with so many games having 80's / vaporwave themed updates lately? | Games like League of Legends, Rocket League, Starbound and others all have an arcade / 80's / vaporwave themed update released recently. Is there some specific reasoning behind this, or did they all individually think this was the perfect timing for such a themed update?
[starbound](https://steamcommunity.com/games/21... | 90 | 2019-07-01 11:22:10 | true |
Answer:
Two subreddits decided it would be corn meme day. So, redittors followed their "orders", as explained on collegehumor.
>Reddit has been awash in corn memes all day, because r/dankmemes and r/me_irl declared it so. The two represent some of the largest concerted meme communities on the internet, so they DO... | 20 | c7qzvp | eshedpb | 2019-07-01 14:19:43 | true | What's up with corn memes? | Seen many today, specially in r/memes, like this one
https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/c7qxs8/lol_i_get_it_haha/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Anyone knows what it is? | 33 | 2019-07-01 10:37:28 | true |
Answer: The steam summer sale had a broken mechanic allowing you to level up your account using starbound.
Here is the video explaining it.
https://youtu.be/teARLSdxdL0 | 13 | c7t8t4 | eshfw69 | 2019-07-01 14:38:13 | true | What's up with everyone buying Starbound on Steam? |
There is a Steam summer sale going on and people seem to be massively buying Starbound. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph\_of\_players\_in\_starbound/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph_of_players_in_starbound/) . What's going on? There seems to be a new update on it and I know... | 45 | 2019-07-01 14:28:46 | true |
Answer: The steam summer sale gives you 10 points for drinking a soda in Starbound. The game doesn’t have a mod restriction so you can get a mod that allows you to get 500 sodas for 1 dirt, by then drinking them with an auto clicker you can farm the points and get an insane amount of experience to level up your steam a... | 81 | c7t8t4 | eshg6u0 | 2019-07-01 14:41:47 | false | What's up with everyone buying Starbound on Steam? |
There is a Steam summer sale going on and people seem to be massively buying Starbound. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph\_of\_players\_in\_starbound/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/c7pzjl/graph_of_players_in_starbound/) . What's going on? There seems to be a new update on it and I know... | 45 | 2019-07-01 14:28:46 | true |
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Background: Pakistan and India are not in good terms officially. Also after the independence from the British and the consequent split up of the country into two. People from each of the two countries see the others as "rival/enemy" in almost all spheres.
Context when it comes to the match between England vs ... | 3 | c7dskh | eshsy6k | 2019-07-01 17:00:08 | false | What's up with the England vs. India Cricket match? | I saw it had like 1000 upvotes but almost 20k comments. Did something happen?
[Source/Link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/c7ajhj/match_thread_38th_match_england_v_india/) | 15 | 2019-06-30 13:29:06 | true |
Answer: It's the Cricket World Cup at the moment. It's like the Soccer World Cup - the big event every four years that all the fans love.
England is currently Number 5 on the table, where only the top four teams go through to the finals, and they only have one more game afterwards to play, so they need a win.
Plus, ... | 22 | c7dskh | esemk2v | 2019-06-30 14:09:16 | false | What's up with the England vs. India Cricket match? | I saw it had like 1000 upvotes but almost 20k comments. Did something happen?
[Source/Link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/c7ajhj/match_thread_38th_match_england_v_india/) | 15 | 2019-06-30 13:29:06 | true |
Answer: He made up a sob story about his dad beating and molesting him all his childhood, then someone by the name ChillFam083
saw all the contradictions in his story
Comment:
>Wait, so maybe I’m misjudging here, but according to your post + comment history, you turned 20 a few weeks ago, and you left the house at... | 10 | c7rt6h | eshv0v8 | 2019-07-01 17:18:51 | false | What’s up with u/littytittycomitee on r/teenagers getting called a manipulative liar and being downvoted? | I saw [this post(ref, Fuck you, Dad.)](https://www.reddit.com/r/teenagers/comments/c7aopk/fuck_you_dad/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ios_share_flow_optimization&utm_term=enabled) just yesterday and saw the overwhelming support that he had. I came back to check up today and found that their p... | 13 | 2019-07-01 12:12:18 | true |
Answer: He was a streamer who committed suicide | 1 | c5cao2 | eshxlt0 | 2019-07-01 17:42:02 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: He was a huge Youtuber, over the past year ( not 100% sure) he has shown signs of mental illness, around a week ago he uploaded a YT video to his channel basically saying his goodbyes to his fans and friends. His belongings were found on the Manhattan Bridge a couple days ago. This morning the NYPD found his bo... | 2,564 | c5cao2 | es0yicy | 2019-06-25 17:58:57 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTube personality known as Etika who created Nintendo-centric videos
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/25/18714532/desmond-afoah-etika-youtube-nypd-statement | 48 | c5cao2 | es0yj88 | 2019-06-25 17:59:10 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: After posting what was pretty much a suicide note in video form he went missing. A few days later some of his belongings were found on a bridge (I believe in the same city he lived in). A day or two after that (Last night) a body matching his description then today he was positivly ID'd in that tweet from the N... | 134 | c5cao2 | es0ynug | 2019-06-25 18:00:24 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Etika is a well known twitch streamer that's been known to be more than slightly eccentric, might be mentally ill and/or depressed. He's done things like [telling viewers to kill themselves to become immortal](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtikaRedditNetwork/comments/bjf0oo/so_he_basically_said_we_can_kill_ourselves... | 518 | c5cao2 | es0z07k | 2019-06-25 18:03:46 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Etika was a large YouTuber/streamer mainly known for his reactions and videos on various things Nintendo. Last October, he began showing signs of mental illness, and got his Youtube channel, which have more than 600k subscribers deleted after he posted porn on it, while seemingly having a manic episode. He came... | 10,435 | c5cao2 | es158kr | 2019-06-25 19:03:59 | true | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: he was the Nintendo Badboy. He was a guy who could entertain you 12 even 24 hours live without any preperations. Man i loved this man. Skipped sleep sometime just to watch his live streams. He was not like other people. Just doing his stuff and does not care. But man he was so funny. So happy always. So creativ... | 29 | c5cao2 | es1hkuz | 2019-06-25 21:09:42 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Keemstar decided to feed his ego by making a video on this mentally unwell chap. He even joked about Etika killing himself to prove to use we do live in a simulation and death isn't scary. I guess Keemstar got what he wanted. His subscriber count is growing more than ever.
What a world we live in. | 11 | c5cao2 | es3118j | 2019-06-26 11:52:03 | false | What's going on with Etika? | So I gather they're a livestreamer that died recently but I've never heard of them before now and judging from the posts about them, seems like they were pretty well known. What happened? Some of the comments here suggest it's something that's been ongoing for at least a few days. https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFai... | 9,409 | 2019-06-25 17:47:52 | true |
Answer: Basically, he was accused of sexual abuse by his ex. | 8 | c7wfph | eshxyp8 | 2019-07-01 17:45:15 | false | What’s the deal with Slazo? | https://www.youtube.com/user/Slazo567 | 11 | 2019-07-01 17:34:05 | true |
Answer:
[/r/Popheads](https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/c7klq7/popheads_take_on_the_patriarchy_taylor_swift_vs/) has a large megathread that details both sides comments on the issue. | 5 | c7j0lm | esi54m1 | 2019-07-01 18:49:36 | true | What's going on with Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun? | I see #WeStandWithTaylor is trending world wide on Twitter for her Grammy Speech, and I understand it has something to do with Scooter Braun but, what exactly is it? I can't put two and two together...
This is an example of a tweet: https://twitter.com/Swiftness13/status/1145419834777309189?s=19 | 201 | 2019-06-30 20:17:16 | true |
Answer: I'm a little hazy on the facts and going to be skipping over a bit, but Immortals bought OpTic and there was general concern that their Call of Duty team was going to be disbanded. Immortals said that the CoD team is not going to break up and that relieved a lot of their fans. Fast forward to today when Immorta... | 1 | c7xir2 | esic4u1 | 2019-07-01 19:54:03 | false | What's going on with Optic Gaming's recent announcement for the LA CDL franchise spot and their CEO's response? | [The announcement](https://twitter.com/OpTicGaming/status/1145738839413133312)
[CEO's response](https://twitter.com/OpTicH3CZ/status/1145744301793644544)
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I'm really confused as to what the fuss is about? | 5 | 2019-07-01 18:25:36 | true |
Answer: They used to be a British colony. Colony might not be the correct term but it was under British rule. China loaned Hong Kong to to Britain for 99 years in 1898. In 1997 it ran out and Hong Kong was handed back to China under the condition it could rule itself for a time. 50 years I think. China initially let it... | 95 | c7z9so | esidhzl | 2019-07-01 20:06:51 | false | What's going on with Hong Kong protestors holding up the British Colonialism flag? | Reference here:
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/07/01/breaking-hong-kong-protesters-storm-legislature-breaking-glass-doors-prying-gates-open/ | 63 | 2019-07-01 19:55:37 | true |
Answer:
Hong Kong has been protesting a government proposal to send (mainland) Chinese political(?) criminals back to (mainland) China, fearing it will open the door to (mainland) Chinese influence, which they don't like as Hing Kong is pretty much a Liberal Capitalist Democracy while (mainland) China is a Totalitaria... | 13 | c7z9so | esj0xgr | 2019-07-01 23:32:13 | false | What's going on with Hong Kong protestors holding up the British Colonialism flag? | Reference here:
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/07/01/breaking-hong-kong-protesters-storm-legislature-breaking-glass-doors-prying-gates-open/ | 63 | 2019-07-01 19:55:37 | true |
Answer: he's a cartoonist who makes cartoons about many controversial social issues. He is openly anti-feminist, anti-SJW, anti-trans, etc. Because of this, people call him a Nazi but anyone who has actually seen his comics knows he isn't. | -4 | c7japi | esietay | 2019-07-01 20:19:02 | false | What's the deal with stonetoss? | https://www.reddit.com/r/dontputyourdickinthat/comments/c7brot/dont_do_it/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
This post got tons of comments about stonetoss. I guess its the cartoons creator? But i can't find what he has done. | 23 | 2019-06-30 20:41:57 | true |
Answer: He is a cartoon artist that produces cartoons of various quality on various different subjects. From my understanding, he's pretty much Nazi, or at least he's believed to be. He's very open with how far Right he is, and is highly negative of the Left. He's done numerous things in the past that many associate wi... | 51 | c7japi | esfkrsf | 2019-06-30 21:03:14 | false | What's the deal with stonetoss? | https://www.reddit.com/r/dontputyourdickinthat/comments/c7brot/dont_do_it/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
This post got tons of comments about stonetoss. I guess its the cartoons creator? But i can't find what he has done. | 23 | 2019-06-30 20:41:57 | true |
Answer: Stonetoss is a fascist comic artist who uses his "humorous" comics to try and spread his political views. A lot of his comics tend to touch on the subjects of racism, homophobia and eugenics, among others. [This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/antifastonetoss/comments/aufhv2/how_we_know_stonetoss_is_a_fascist/) ... | 34 | c7japi | esfmbq6 | 2019-06-30 21:20:52 | true | What's the deal with stonetoss? | https://www.reddit.com/r/dontputyourdickinthat/comments/c7brot/dont_do_it/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
This post got tons of comments about stonetoss. I guess its the cartoons creator? But i can't find what he has done. | 23 | 2019-06-30 20:41:57 | true |
Answer: I’m pretty sure the meme is referencing the fact that for pride month all corporations jump on the bandwagon of pride then as soon as the months over they go back to the way they are and stop giving a shit about anyone who is lgbt | 60 | c808lb | esim1oj | 2019-07-01 21:21:12 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: There’s not a specific incident that these memes are referring to, but they echo the common sentiment that popular companies use pride month to advertise their products rather than to celebrate the LGBT community.
Big name companies such as McDonalds, Uber, Google, etc. have all come out in favor of the LGBT ... | 41 | c808lb | esim3vk | 2019-07-01 21:21:42 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: The accusation being made is that many corporations were only pandering to LGBT issues during pride month, and have stopped pretending to care now that it's over.
As an anecdote, I've seen similar sentiments expressed by both progressives and social conservatives, although the latter were not limited to pride ... | 15 | c808lb | esinne5 | 2019-07-01 21:34:41 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: The past pride month many corporations have changed their logo to a rainbow flag version and sent out some tweets supporting LGBT. A lot of people think it was a simple marketing strategy now that supporting LGBT is mainstream and that the corporations don't actually care about LGBT people.
Now that pride mon... | 5 | c808lb | esk8yxq | 2019-07-02 08:20:24 | false | What's going on with corporations hating on LGBT now that pride month is over? | https://old.reddit.com/r/raimimemes/comments/c7tzf7/corporations_this_morning/
I keep seeing posts like this, are these based on a particular incident? | 0 | 2019-07-01 21:13:23 | true |
Answer: \[This is copy-pasted from the last time a similar question was asked and edited slightly, by the way.\]
In previous pokemon games, you could transfer any Pokemon in, but now only ones in the Galar Dex (or ones that are available to catch in the new games, Sword and Shield, which take place in a region called ... | 66 | c807zn | esim7bg | 2019-07-01 21:22:30 | false | What's going on with Pokemon and, Game Freak, and #PokemonDeservesBetter? | I just saw this on Twitter and couldn't figure out what is was or where it came from
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag\_click](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag_click)
[https://www.pokemon.com/us/a-message-for-pokemon-video-game-fans/?cid=&utm\_source=tw&... | 39 | 2019-07-01 21:12:04 | true |
Answer: So as the other commenter mentioned, the producers of the main pokemon games, GameFreak, announced that they would not allow all pokemon from past games to be transfered into Sword and Sheild, listing technical limitations and balance issues as reasons why. In past games, there were a limited number of pokemon ... | 26 | c807zn | esj99uj | 2019-07-02 00:48:56 | false | What's going on with Pokemon and, Game Freak, and #PokemonDeservesBetter? | I just saw this on Twitter and couldn't figure out what is was or where it came from
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag\_click](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PokemonDeservesBetter?src=hashtag_click)
[https://www.pokemon.com/us/a-message-for-pokemon-video-game-fans/?cid=&utm\_source=tw&... | 39 | 2019-07-01 21:12:04 | true |
Answer: it currently says
>Putting up walls to avoid banned sub immigrants and refugees like true 'Muricans.
There have been multiple alt-right subreddits banned recently, and after such subreddits are banned, subreddits with an edgy sense of humor usually see an influx of users from those subreddits, and sooner t... | 268 | c82hkb | esjc94k | 2019-07-02 01:17:23 | false | What's up with r/4chan set to private? | https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/ | 143 | 2019-07-02 00:37:14 | true |
Answer: New gimmick. New viewers who don't know his old content don't know who's the person behind ai angel. I'm guessing this new persona format works better for him and he wants to keep his channel mysterious. (In his ai angel videos he acts as if she took over the channel) | 3 | c7nomd | esjigoj | 2019-07-02 02:17:31 | false | What's up with RogueShadow's change to Ai Angel? | So I recently tried to find some old rogue shadow video I remembered and realized it was deleted or privated (the first I paid a anime voice actor to play vrchat) which when I found his channel again it was now named Ai Angel and something about project/Angelica. I want to know any info about the change like when and ... | 9 | 2019-07-01 03:44:21 | true |
Answer: a while back a user by the name of u/waterguy12 made a post on r/me_irl saying he was going off wifi for a while, and that we wanted people to tag him in good memes. Thousands of notifications later, u/waterguy12 because a massive meme. In response, u/fireguy12 and a few others were made as rival accounts. | 10 | c83slu | esjlk5e | 2019-07-02 02:51:01 | false | What's going on with u/fireguy12 and u/waterguy12? | Seen a lot of posts in r/me_irl such as these:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/me\_irl/comments/c7fxq1/me\_irl/](https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/c7fxq1/me_irl/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/me\_irl/comments/c7zz26/meirl/](https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/c7zz26/meirl/) | 5 | 2019-07-02 02:45:50 | true |
Answer: it appears to be some new way to jerk off and create an intense orgasm. I don't recommend trying it though, as it could cause hypoxia and fainting. | 10 | c84dqe | esjtqy6 | 2019-07-02 04:28:14 | false | What's up with the Major Tom jerk off technique? | Woke up and been seeing these types of posts everywhere
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/c7tvd4/tifu_by_taking_jerkoff_advice_from_reddit | 0 | 2019-07-02 03:46:40 | true |
Answer: Auto erotic asphyxiation is a method of jerking off where you choke yourself while fapping to feel really really good. Now, it is tragically a common method of suicide, and is often seen as humiliating to the family. People do it to just jerk of, but it is super super dangerous and may lead to death. | 1 | c84dqe | eso4plq | 2019-07-03 13:14:11 | false | What's up with the Major Tom jerk off technique? | Woke up and been seeing these types of posts everywhere
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/c7tvd4/tifu_by_taking_jerkoff_advice_from_reddit | 0 | 2019-07-02 03:46:40 | true |
Answer:
Pepe the Frog started out as a creation by artist Matt Furie, as a part of his *Boys' Club* comic.
Pepe's "feels good man" comic was posted on 4chan and was amusing enough to be spread as a meme, with people editing Pepe into various situations.
Sadly for Pepe, as 4chan became more and more involved with ... | 43 | c858dq | esk0oh5 | 2019-07-02 06:04:51 | true | What’s the deal with Pepe the frog being a Nazi? | I keep seeing memes about Pepe being a Nazi and I know absolutely no context about it. When and why did this happen I love the little sad frog.
[Example](https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchRedditDie/comments/c7bfe7/ahs_be_like/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) | 3 | 2019-07-02 05:20:08 | true |
Answer: As /u/sarded said, he was an innocent cartoon character that was co-opted by the Alt-Right and neo-Nazis.
However I would also like to add, that the comic in question is made by Stonetoss, an avowed racist and anti SJW/left comic artist. They are most likely the same person that made the RedPanels comics, ano... | 7 | c858dq | esnlwj8 | 2019-07-03 07:13:08 | true | What’s the deal with Pepe the frog being a Nazi? | I keep seeing memes about Pepe being a Nazi and I know absolutely no context about it. When and why did this happen I love the little sad frog.
[Example](https://www.reddit.com/r/WatchRedditDie/comments/c7bfe7/ahs_be_like/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) | 3 | 2019-07-02 05:20:08 | true |
Answer: On June 28, 1969, the first major LGBT protest in the United States happened at the Stonewall Inn, in New York City. A bar that was commonly used by gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people got raided by the police, but this time they fought back. Their violent protest against laws that made serving drinks to ga... | 71 | c86er9 | esk7lsi | 2019-07-02 07:56:20 | false | What's the deal with pride month? | I've seen a lot of memes about it lately, but what is it? https://imgur.com/a/yGQ04r2 | 11 | 2019-07-02 07:46:22 | true |
Answer: June has been named as pride month and many corporations have added their "support" by putting up rainbow versions of their logos and sponsoring some groups in pride parades. There has been criticism that they are only doing this because they want to seem hip and to expand their customer base. Now that June is ... | 8 | c86er9 | esl4p7x | 2019-07-02 14:52:30 | false | What's the deal with pride month? | I've seen a lot of memes about it lately, but what is it? https://imgur.com/a/yGQ04r2 | 11 | 2019-07-02 07:46:22 | true |
Answer: It was a subreddit for the "clown world" meme, the idea that the world is becoming crazy - thus full of clowns. However it is mostly a far-right meme, so the crazyness of the world is always something like LGBTQ, feminists, minorities etc existing. So most of the sub was just hatred. I don't know the exact thin... | 2,886 | c86i5l | eskdfzc | 2019-07-02 09:46:44 | true | What’s going on with r/Honkler and what was the Subreddit about? | The post I have seen claim that it has been banned. Does anyone know the reasoning for this?
Example post: https://www.reddit.com/r/TopMindsOfReddit/comments/c80ipk/rhonkler_has_been_banned_we_truly_do_live_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ios_share_flow_optimization&utm_term=control_1 | 3,021 | 2019-07-02 07:59:35 | true |
Answer: This is just banter between the runners, Keiz is known to go overestimate on his run and Eddaket likes to give him shit for it. Keiz is given the second controller as a joke so that he can finally be underestimate. The sticker seems like an inside joke to laugh at Keiz. | 4 | c84cf2 | eskrg0b | 2019-07-02 12:53:10 | false | What's up with a couch commentator got a head stamp on SGDQ 2019? | https://youtu.be/5IqwIBNPMGo?t=11829
On 3:17:09, someone on the couch got a stamp at the head. Does anyone know what does that mean? | 5 | 2019-07-02 03:42:47 | true |
Answer:
'Ungodly' is a pretty good word for those weird mobile game ads!
Imagine a small team of game developers (without marketing people) from a non-Western country who are trying to make an ad that will catch the attention of people from the West.
* They probably don't want to spend too much time or money on the... | 2 | c7i2ee | esl2qv6 | 2019-07-02 14:35:25 | false | What is up with this ungodly ad? | What is this unholy piece of shit about, it make no sense it infuriates me.
1st version.
https://youtu.be/Ecl9zN7C_Bs
2nd version.
https://youtu.be/v7mzDGS9tgk
The way the guy fucks up something so simple, the "You're mine Josh not you girlfriend's, not God's, you're mine!" Is so creepy, and the texts make no sense... | 19 | 2019-06-30 18:53:52 | true |
Answer: it’s an advertisement and you’re thinking about it as well as talking about it on the internet. Being intentionally controversial, infuriating, opaque or obtuse in advertising are tried and tested methods of getting people to speak or think about the product or service being advertised, which leads to word of ... | 27 | c7i2ee | esfogv0 | 2019-06-30 21:45:37 | false | What is up with this ungodly ad? | What is this unholy piece of shit about, it make no sense it infuriates me.
1st version.
https://youtu.be/Ecl9zN7C_Bs
2nd version.
https://youtu.be/v7mzDGS9tgk
The way the guy fucks up something so simple, the "You're mine Josh not you girlfriend's, not God's, you're mine!" Is so creepy, and the texts make no sense... | 19 | 2019-06-30 18:53:52 | true |
Answer: a piece of entertainment software available on at least one of the major mobile OS app stores.
It’s on the title of the linked videos.
Presumably the advertisement is trying to imply the product is so engrossing even sms messages won’t distract you from it. It appears of mediocre quality both conceptually a... | 12 | c7i2ee | esfrogb | 2019-06-30 22:22:50 | false | What is up with this ungodly ad? | What is this unholy piece of shit about, it make no sense it infuriates me.
1st version.
https://youtu.be/Ecl9zN7C_Bs
2nd version.
https://youtu.be/v7mzDGS9tgk
The way the guy fucks up something so simple, the "You're mine Josh not you girlfriend's, not God's, you're mine!" Is so creepy, and the texts make no sense... | 19 | 2019-06-30 18:53:52 | true |
Answer: started with Max Holloway (UFC fighter), who challenged John Mayer to do the same. Mayer did and then challenged Statham, and so forth and so on.
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/07/02/bottle-cap-challenge-jason-statham-john-mayer/1625956001/ | 17 | c8a0vf | esl3xd4 | 2019-07-02 14:45:54 | true | What's going on with videos of people kicking caps off of bottles? | I keep seeing videos of people trying to spin kick caps off of bottles for some inexplicable reason. These videos keep popping up on Reddit and elsewhere. I actually just glanced at the local news and the morning hosts had a guy on the show trying to kick a cap off of a bottle.
Is this just some new trend/irl meme li... | 14 | 2019-07-02 14:40:36 | true |
Answer: outcry of violence in media has been a thing since media existed. This is a modern parody of that. | -10 | c8ax5c | esld8tt | 2019-07-02 16:06:45 | false | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be... | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: I haven't seen the specific examples, but my answer is based on context within the subreddit.
This is probably related to Chinese censorship laws. It looks like some card art (probably from the recently announced new set) was censored in Chinese versions of the game for being "too violent." That sub will ten... | 5 | c8ax5c | esldulp | 2019-07-02 16:11:56 | false | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be... | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: you can see Before & After pairings of the changed cards here -- https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c7wp5f/all_card_art_updates_hearthstone_july_update/
In two cases, the card name was changed along with the art. The "Succubus" card was removed entirely & replaced with the functionally iden... | 32 | c8ax5c | eslnxim | 2019-07-02 17:34:51 | true | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be... | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: in addition to some answers already posted, there is also the change in *eviscerate’s* card art, where they just removed a little blood spatter (in fact it took me a while to see it because it’s so small). [Blizzard has also said that these art changes were made because they weren’t up to their modern standards... | 3 | c8ax5c | esnlr3f | 2019-07-03 07:09:43 | true | What is going on with Hearthstone? Why are so many people talking about violent card art on the subreddit? | There are threads like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c86w5s/its_simple_blood_is_not_suitable_for_kids_have/) and [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/c85e43/we_cant_be_having_weapons_in_a_childrens_game_now/), among many others, on the Hearthstone subreddit. Some people seem to be... | 32 | 2019-07-02 15:56:02 | true |
Answer: at a guess, potentially something to do with Stranger Things season 3, which is set in 1985, and Windows 1.0 came out in 1985 as well. Only problem being that Windows was in November whilst ST is July... | 200 | c8bu0t | eslrsn5 | 2019-07-02 18:06:48 | false | What's going on with Windows? | Windows has been tweeting some weird stuff like this: https://twitter.com/windows/status/1145731141695168512?s=21
and they have been replying to tweets saying things like "Windows 1.0 coming soon" Does anyone know what this is about? | 183 | 2019-07-02 17:09:21 | true |
Answer: Rapinoe is an open lesbian and very politically outspoken. She hates Trump because of his policies against the LGBT community and the accusations about his treatment of women. Trump hates Rapinoe because she continues to protest the national anthem, and because she preemptively rejected an invite to the White H... | 48 | c8c7n7 | eslrvas | 2019-07-02 18:07:24 | false | What's the deal with Donald Trump and soccer player Megan Rapinoe? | Saw [an article](https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/sue-bird-megan-rapinoe-uswnt?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-playerstribune&utm_content=later-2659711&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram) by her girlfriend Sue Bird this morning about the president hating Rapinoe. Did Rapinoe do anything to ... | 26 | 2019-07-02 17:39:37 | true |
Answer: Did you try reading the article that you linked? | 21 | c8cn71 | eslywbv | 2019-07-02 19:14:31 | false | What’s going on with Andrew Yang? | https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/01/andrew-yang-nbc-turned-off-my-mic-n2549174
Edit: I haven't heard much else about him prior to this incident for a while now. Is he just not getting enough media coverage or advertising out there or what? | 542 | 2019-07-02 18:13:53 | true |
Answer: He received the least airtime of all 20 candidates by quite a lot. I believe he had half the time of the person with the next least amount of time, as documented by many sources ([here's one](https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-first-2020-democratic-primary-debate/)).
After the debate, he had a meeting wit... | 96 | c8cn71 | esmyvzz | 2019-07-03 01:47:33 | true | What’s going on with Andrew Yang? | https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/01/andrew-yang-nbc-turned-off-my-mic-n2549174
Edit: I haven't heard much else about him prior to this incident for a while now. Is he just not getting enough media coverage or advertising out there or what? | 542 | 2019-07-02 18:13:53 | true |
Answer: It comes from the hentai site nhentai which uses a number system to categorize the content on the website so if you go to nhentai.net/g/(number) you get the content they are talking about. | 5 | c8d1mi | eslz9q3 | 2019-07-02 19:17:55 | false | What's up with the numbers in r/animemes? | What's up with numbers in r/animemes?
Memes where they mention numbers for sauce or something.
Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/c899yi/ordering_takeaway_food_it_is/
How are they used? | 10 | 2019-07-02 18:45:20 | true |
Answer: "177013" is the nhentai (NSFW btw) URL number of a long, depressing hentai manga called METAMORPHOSIS. The manga, which features things such as incest, impregnation, drugs, vomit and snuff, has become popular meme material on r/animemes, so many people are making memes about it using its URL number, 177013, ins... | 8 | c8d1mi | esm02iw | 2019-07-02 19:24:58 | false | What's up with the numbers in r/animemes? | What's up with numbers in r/animemes?
Memes where they mention numbers for sauce or something.
Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/c899yi/ordering_takeaway_food_it_is/
How are they used? | 10 | 2019-07-02 18:45:20 | true |
Answer: It's Emotional Advertising, and In this case its dumb.
It's dumb because its a 2 minute advert that has literally nothing to do with subway until the very end.
People are annoyed because it's such a pointless ad, who wants to feel emotional about Subway. It's just a sandwich shop and it just doesn't fit. | 3 | c82096 | esm826g | 2019-07-02 20:41:19 | false | What's up with this subway ad? | I am extremely out of the loop on this one! There is apparently some cinematic ad out there and some people are angry about it, some even boycotting Subway?? I even watched the ad myself and I literally just see a cinematic piece about some kid growing up and going to Subway. I see no message whatsoever in this video. ... | 10 | 2019-07-01 23:50:53 | true |
Answer: It seems to be a response to Kotaku's article they published yesterday about his apology for filming in an E3 bathroom - it was a relatively negative article.
The original article is written by Nathan Grayson: https://kotaku.com/dr-disrespect-apologizes-for-e3-bathroom-stream-on-beha-1836021931
He made fun of... | 43 | c8eo18 | esme9uq | 2019-07-02 21:41:04 | true | What’s going on with Dr. Disrespect and Jason Schreier? | Dr. Disrespect’s tweet:
https://twitter.com/drdisrespect/status/1146067985972416512?s=21
Jason’s response:
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1146072351349645312?s=21 | 45 | 2019-07-02 20:34:55 | true |
Answer: Using a google search that excluded the past week, I still found sporadic controversies about the Betsy Ross flag. For instance, [here is an article on the most prominent example,](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/15/does-americas-first-flag-symbolize-exclusion-and-hate-like-this-mich-... | 91 | c8fd0q | esmehzu | 2019-07-02 21:43:23 | true | What’s the deal with the Betsy Ross flag? When did it become associated with slavery? (i.e. Nike, Kaepernick) | How exactly is the flag associated with a history of slavery?
Was it not the rallying flag in the 1770s during the American Revolution that united the 13 original colonies under a common flag in the fight for freedom from the British?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-nixes-betsy-ross-flag-sneaker-after-c... | 119 | 2019-07-02 21:31:46 | true |
Answer: The only answer you need is that at the time the flag was used, slavery was legal. That is the only association.
Contemporary uses do not matter. If I use it to wipe my butt, does it make it toilet paper? It's the same as the Ok symbol, where "At some point, somewhere, someone bad used it, so it was tarnished ... | 27 | c8fd0q | esnsawm | 2019-07-03 09:55:11 | false | What’s the deal with the Betsy Ross flag? When did it become associated with slavery? (i.e. Nike, Kaepernick) | How exactly is the flag associated with a history of slavery?
Was it not the rallying flag in the 1770s during the American Revolution that united the 13 original colonies under a common flag in the fight for freedom from the British?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-nixes-betsy-ross-flag-sneaker-after-c... | 119 | 2019-07-02 21:31:46 | true |
Answer: people digging up old clips of keem making fun of Etikas mental health. | 18 | c8f2r8 | esmiby8 | 2019-07-02 22:24:10 | false | What’s going on with Keemstar and Etika? Why are people mad at Keemstar? | https://twitter.com/mr_rsmash/status/1146047645816766464?s=21
What happened with Keemstar? Apparently he did something regarding Etika’s passing and people are mad. What’s going on? | 14 | 2019-07-02 21:07:53 | true |
Answer: Basically, before Etika's passing, Keemstar was shitting on Etika as much as possible. Basically either saying he was doing it for attention, or whatever. And ever since he died, he has been in full Etika mode. Basically only talking about him and his passing, and milking it.
And recently he announced that he ... | 35 | c8f2r8 | esnlcpi | 2019-07-03 07:00:54 | true | What’s going on with Keemstar and Etika? Why are people mad at Keemstar? | https://twitter.com/mr_rsmash/status/1146047645816766464?s=21
What happened with Keemstar? Apparently he did something regarding Etika’s passing and people are mad. What’s going on? | 14 | 2019-07-02 21:07:53 | true |
Answer: There was the blue pfp for the Sudan issue, and then recently a red pfp trend rose for awareness of wildfires in the everglades. And the whole idea of changing the pfp to a color to help a crisis became a meme because it’s absurd to think it’ll actually do something for them (I suppose it can raise awareness bu... | 4,546 | c8gf9f | esn6f2v | 2019-07-03 03:15:57 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It's for gamer pride month | 87 | c8gf9f | esn6y12 | 2019-07-03 03:22:23 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: Its a meme. Its meant to be for gamer pride month. You aren't missing anything it's a joke found [here] (https://imgur.com/a/MqE7ERK) | 330 | c8gf9f | esn74e4 | 2019-07-03 03:24:35 | true | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: it’s a meme for gamer pride month | 2,108 | c8gf9f | esn7is5 | 2019-07-03 03:29:31 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It's for "Gamer Pride Month", a parody of LGBT Pride month, which was started by r/GamersRiseUp on [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/GamersRiseUp/comments/as2xpn/gamer_pride_month/). | 64 | c8gf9f | esn7uwe | 2019-07-03 03:33:46 | true | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer:
Lot's of people got their answers wrong,
There was a meme on instagram that said "Make your profile pictures yellow for gamer pride month", a nod to pride month and the blue/red awareness profile pictures | 6 | c8gf9f | esnm32m | 2019-07-03 07:17:07 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It’s a running gag that July is “Gamer Month,” and most meme pages have yellow in their profile picture in honor of it | 12 | c8gf9f | esnqvt5 | 2019-07-03 09:18:24 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: I found an old FB post (from 2015)
It's to raise awareness of endometriosis
https://www.facebook.com/endochallenge/posts/please-turn-your-profile-picture-yellow-it-is-easy-click-on-the-link-and-follow-/1569678989966670/
Edit: getting down-voted by endometriosis supporters | -9 | c8gf9f | eso88pf | 2019-07-03 13:54:06 | true | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: People did it to raise awareness for gamer month as a parody of how people changed their pfp to blue to raise awareness for Sudan | 4 | c8gf9f | esothiw | 2019-07-03 17:12:24 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: It’s a joke that’s about supporting gamer pride month. There’s a whole meme that gamers are oppressed in society and with gay pride month ending and people changing their profile pics to bring awareness to tragic events that have been occurring lately (ex:Sudan and the color blue), people thought it would be fu... | 1 | c8gf9f | esurn8u | 2019-07-05 00:53:04 | false | What’s going on with people making their profile picture yellow on Instagram? | https://imgur.com/gallery/yeTbEnq
Have no idea why people are doing this | 4,535 | 2019-07-02 23:03:08 | true |
Answer: Because a lot of the plastic straws (and other disposable garbage) end up in the ocean and is not always properly recycled/disposed.
Hence, it creates pollution in the oceans and fucking up the environment. However, note that most of the sea pollution comes fishing practices (nets, plastic of all sorts, equip... | 11 | c8jorn | esndyaz | 2019-07-03 04:54:19 | true | What is up with plastic straws and saving turtles? | I've seen the video of the turtle with the straw in its nose, but that must have been a couple years ago. Now I'm seeing everyone buying and posting about using reusable straws so we can save the turtles and stop polluting the ocean. Not that it's bad to do those things, but why does everyone suddenly care about it now... | 6 | 2019-07-03 04:32:18 | true |
Answer: Nike was going to release a shoe with the Betsy Ross flag on them until Colin Kapernick talked to them and told them that some people would be offended.
Others are offended at the idea of removing a pro American product because of people being offended. | 33 | c8jvsd | esngj30 | 2019-07-03 05:31:37 | false | What's going on with Nike? | I came across the #WalkAwayFromNike thing on Twitter. I know it has something to do with Nike pulling one of their shoes, Colin Kapernick, and Betsy Ross, but I have no idea what actually happened. I also vaguely remember something like this happening before with a Nike boycott, so this kinda piqued my interest. Thanks... | 27 | 2019-07-03 04:54:21 | true |
Answer: There is also an issue with Nike's decision to support Chinese actions in Hong Kong by pulling a shoe off the market because its principal designer, Jun Takahashi of sportswear brand Undercover, published this on Twitter: “No extradition. Go Hong Kong!” Nike has pulled 2 shoe designs off the market for politica... | 11 | c8jvsd | esnk16x | 2019-07-03 06:33:03 | false | What's going on with Nike? | I came across the #WalkAwayFromNike thing on Twitter. I know it has something to do with Nike pulling one of their shoes, Colin Kapernick, and Betsy Ross, but I have no idea what actually happened. I also vaguely remember something like this happening before with a Nike boycott, so this kinda piqued my interest. Thanks... | 27 | 2019-07-03 04:54:21 | true |
Answer: Recently Lil Nas X "came out" and has heavily implied that he's not straight. Since then, people have read into the lines in OTR about "riding" and have speculated that they're about gay sex. | 31 | c8mjdf | eso25ye | 2019-07-03 12:42:44 | false | What's going on with the "Old Town Road" memes? | 14 | 2019-07-03 10:37:29 | true | |
Answer: The conditions of the camps are similar to the early days of the Nazi camps, when they weren't yet focused on extermination. Dangerous overcrowding, non-existant sanitation, denial of medical support, that sort of stuff. Several hundred academics have even written a [letter to retract a denial by United States ... | 24 | c8o8va | esodgox | 2019-07-03 14:48:35 | true | What is the deal with with the US Migration Detention Centers and why are so many American citizens outraged at them? | I'm european so i don't think i'm privy to all the news surrounding the detention centers and i'm not looking to offend anyone. All that i can gleam from the news here is that the US are protecting their border from illegal immigration just like any other country, for example the [UK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T... | 1 | 2019-07-03 13:43:01 | true |
Answer:
IIRC, there've been a number of really troubling reports about children receiving insufficient medical attention.
Also, really embarrassing/cruel stuff, like not enough toothbrushes to go around.
Finally, the US isn't Europe. The fact that everybody gets to come here and try at achieving American Dream is... | 13 | c8o8va | esq7o4h | 2019-07-03 23:38:43 | false | What is the deal with with the US Migration Detention Centers and why are so many American citizens outraged at them? | I'm european so i don't think i'm privy to all the news surrounding the detention centers and i'm not looking to offend anyone. All that i can gleam from the news here is that the US are protecting their border from illegal immigration just like any other country, for example the [UK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T... | 1 | 2019-07-03 13:43:01 | true |
Answer: a Facebook service outage.
https://downdetector.com/status/facebook-messenger/map/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/istheservicedown.com/problems/facebook-messenger/map%3famp
Why? Presumably technical problems at Facebook. Their official status page has not been updated. Here's an article about it even:
https... | 30 | c8pago | esok15u | 2019-07-03 15:52:03 | true | What's going on with messenger and WhatsApp? | Nothing is working. Can't send and receive media. Tried 5 phones, 3 accounts, wifi, LTE, Android, iOS, 1+, Samsung, iPhone. Tested in 2 different countries.
https://i.postimg.cc/rF8Xzk8V/Screenshot-20190703-180630.png | 33 | 2019-07-03 15:15:33 | true |
Answer: It appears to be marketing for [this company](https://neomatrixmedical.com/), which claims to heal people with regenerative grafts instead of surgery. Judging by how they are marketing and recruiting patients with se.inars, I am skeptical about its medical efficacy. | 50 | c8q8x4 | esos80t | 2019-07-03 17:02:26 | true | What is going on with the #NoSurgeryMovement? | I saw [a post](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6544657013572452352) pop up on LinkedIn promoting it along with some Audi Sports Festival thing-a-ma-jig. My Google-Fu failed so I was hoping someone here knew what it was. What’s the point of it? | 16 | 2019-07-03 16:35:05 | true |
Answer: I’m assuming it has to do with when people send around nudes online “You wanna see me naked? Hahaha just kidding..... unlessssss....... (you do in which case I’m not kidding)” | 17 | c8pu1h | esovhjt | 2019-07-03 17:27:26 | false | What's up with these "haha just kidding... unless..?" memes on Twitter? | They all look like variations of this:
https://twitter.com/Minachiio/status/1146145836411379719?s=19
Searching for "haha just kidding unless" shows a whole bunch more. | 21 | 2019-07-03 16:01:03 | true |
Answer: The 15 y/o in question is a girl going by the alias of Bocchi. She fought a player going by the name of Ally at a local tournament and won. Ally is generally considered one of the best Smash players in recent memory, having very good tournament placements in both _Smash 4_ and _Smash Ultimate_. Bocchi's victory... | 9,594 | c8og0k | esp0nax | 2019-07-03 18:05:35 | false | What’s up with a 15 y/o getting bullied because of Smash? | [I saw this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/c8nh7p/and_people_wonder_why_no_one_likes_gamers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app)
Something about beating a pro player? | 7,103 | 2019-07-03 14:01:31 | true |
Answer: https://liquipedia.net/smash/Ally
Dont try to defend bullying Children | -92 | c8og0k | espes7k | 2019-07-03 19:47:26 | true | What’s up with a 15 y/o getting bullied because of Smash? | [I saw this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/c8nh7p/and_people_wonder_why_no_one_likes_gamers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app)
Something about beating a pro player? | 7,103 | 2019-07-03 14:01:31 | true |
Answer: It's anMTF so people don't like them taking victories from actual females. | 2 | c8og0k | eti8bl4 | 2019-07-11 10:48:23 | false | What’s up with a 15 y/o getting bullied because of Smash? | [I saw this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/c8nh7p/and_people_wonder_why_no_one_likes_gamers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app)
Something about beating a pro player? | 7,103 | 2019-07-03 14:01:31 | true |
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Dataset Description
This dataset includes all Reddit comments from the OutOfTheLoop subreddit between 2019-03 and 2023-02 which start with the text "Answer:".
Each row includes:
- body - Comment text
- score_comment - Reddit voted score of the comment
- comment_id - ID of comment
- link_id - ID of parent post
- created_comment - Date comment was created
- has_link_comment - Whether the comment text includes 'http://' or 'https://'
- title - Title of parent post
- selftext - Text of parent post
- has_link_submission - Whether the parent post selftext includes 'http://' or 'https://'
- score_submission - Score of parent post
- created_submission - Date parent post was created
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