The "Redneck Twilight" skit from RiffTrax Live's "Manos: The Hands of Fate".

u/AacornSoup — 10 days ago

The Aberfan Disaster was entirely preventable.

On October 21, 1966, a coal slag heap in Aberfan, Wales, destabilized due to groundwater interference, causing an avalanche that buried an Elementary School. Over a hundred children were killed.

The disaster was entirely preventable, but Government officials of the National Coal Board had insisted on putting the coal-slag heap on top of a hill, directly uphill from an Elementary School, rather than somewhere more sensible.

After the avalanche, the government investigated the (government-run) National Coal Board and found it had done nothing wrong, giving the survivors of the disaster a pathetically small compensation. The Aberfan Disaster and its aftermath remains one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.

u/AacornSoup — 17 days ago
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Unlike the parents, the Dingo was never charged.

The infamous "Dingo ate my baby" meme was, unfortunately, based on an actual incident in 1980, when a Seventh-Day Adventist couple camping near Ayers Rock lost their infant to a dingo. Seeing how calm and composed the couple were while grieving, and regarding Seventh-Day Adventists as little more than some weird American cult, the Australian public found it suspicious, and had them arrested and convicted of murdering the baby.

The couple were later exonerated when the dingoes were found in possession of incriminating evidence that they really did eat the baby.

To this day, the incident remains one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Australian history.

u/AacornSoup — 17 days ago

The unfounded accusation of right-wing politicians being Russian assets was tired 30 years ago and has continued to age like milk since then.

u/AacornSoup — 1 month ago

What r/Werewolves post flairs would you like to see?

I can't help but notice that, unlike the Vampires subreddit, the Werewolves subreddit doesn't use any post flairs. Here are some post flairs for the Werewolves subreddit that I've thought of:

"Werewolf Media"- for posts discussing books, movies, TV shows, video games, etc., about Werewolves, the lore and mechanics of Werewolves therein, and/or for promoting, recommending, or reviewing Werewolf media.

"Werewolf Fanfiction"- for posts discussing fanfiction involving Werewolves, usually fanfiction of Werewolf Media.

"Local Werewolf Legends"- for discussing regional or local stories of alleged Werewolves or Werewolf-like creatures.

"Werewolf Original Characters"- for posting art and/or character bios of Werewolf OCs.

"Werewolf Original Fiction"- for writing and sharing redditors' original Werewolf fiction, including links to AO3, Wattpad, SpaceBattles, SufficientVelocity, or FictionPress.

"My Werewolf Headcanons"/ "My Werewolf Lore"- for discussing the lore and mechanics of Werewolves in your original setting(s), personal headcanons, and opinions on Lycanthropy or popular perceptions of it.

"Real Wolves for Reference"- Posting images, videos, or zoological research about IRL wolves, to use as references for realistic portrayals of Werewolves.

"Garou Nation, Unite!"- for discussions regarding Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Werewolf: The Forsaken, or the World of Darkness in general.

"Werewolf Roleplay"- Assuming Rule 1 ("Werewolves Aren't Real") is replaced or amended, role-play posts would require this post flair.

"NSFWerewolf"- Assuming Rule 2 ("No Horny Content") is replaced or amended, anything that could be considered NSFW (eg. nudity, graphic violence, implicit sex or bedroom scenes, and links to Mature, Explicit, or Unrated Werewolf fiction on AO3) would require this post flair, and using this post flair would automatically apply NSFW and Spoiler tags; to maintain quality control on this subreddit, this post flair can only be used on weekends, and directly posting explicit Werewolf sex scenes (whether pictured or written) would still be prohibited.

"Werewolf Memes"- for posting Werewolf-related memes and shitposts; to maintain quality control on this subreddit, this post flair can only be used on weekends.

"Werewolf Meta"- for meta-posts about this subreddit; this post, for instance, would be a "Werewolf Meta" post.

Are these good ideas for subreddit post flairs, or bad ideas?

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u/AacornSoup — 1 month ago

Due to an unfortunate image juxtaposition on my Pinterest feed this afternoon, the T. Rex and Carnotaurus from Prehistoric Planet got offended by Hailee Steinfeld's pregnancy.

Actual screenshot from my Pinterest feed, cropped to show just the unfortunate juxtaposition.

u/AacornSoup — 1 month ago
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Never before have I seen an image that so completely embodies the leftist trivialization of human life.

u/AacornSoup — 2 months ago

If death threats against a sitting President isn't against Reddit's TOS, it should at least be against the rules of a paleoart subreddit.

u/AacornSoup — 2 months ago