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DutchmanDavid  ·  4199 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Solar System to Scale

Related: Scale of the Universe

From the size of the visible universe (10+ billion lightyears) to the size of a neutron (1 femtometer)

DutchmanDavid  ·  4199 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Repeat after me: speech is protected in the US...

I'll be honest: Political signs in the yard are rather foreign to me, as I live in the Netherlands.

DutchmanDavid  ·  4199 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Repeat after me: speech is protected in the US...

The man claims the empty chair represents the current government (represented by Obama) and he hung it up, because people would keep stealing his char.

The neighbors claim it's racist and hateful and that it represents the hanging of black people and that the chair is just a cheap chair and thus he shouldn't bitch about his chair getting nicked...

I'm going to side with the guy. Not because its supposedly racist, but because the neighbours should stop blowing it bigger than it really is. They are turning a Mouse into an Elephant, so to speak.

edit: He could place a sign explaining what it actually meant, so easy the neighbors, but that's just me.

DutchmanDavid  ·  4199 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sikh Woman Defends Her Facial Hair on Reddit

Here is the reddit post. I expected a ton of negative posts, but didn't find any!

Good for reddit :)

edit: OP apologized. Nice!

DutchmanDavid  ·  4199 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Evolution of Apple

You may hate or love Apple (or be indifferent), but you have to admit that their commercials are sublime!

According to wikipedia (or rather, a copy of the Defence of Fort McHenry (1814) ) it already contained "And this be our motto: "In God is our trust.""

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

DutchmanDavid  ·  4201 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubble provides the farthest-ever view of the Universe

Beautiful, as always :D

Wow... Whoever changed the subtitles is a dick towards the actors and actresses acting in the movie, possibly endangering their lives without their permission!

DutchmanDavid  ·  4213 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Anti-Obesity Is Not the New Homophobia

The author of the Salon articles seems to believe that scientists claimed that homosexuality was/is a disease. I don't think I've ever heard or read a doctor claim that it was!