LakeEarth t1_jbjy9lw wrote on March 9, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Reply to TIL Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer. by Rifletree

A mall near me is shaped like a honeycomb, it's maddening.

LakeEarth t1_j39vlby wrote on January 7, 2023 at 1:03 AM

Reply to TIL Colorado is actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon, meaning it has 697 sides. by Dearfield

Wait a minute. Colorado is a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon? I've been telling everyone it was a hexahectaenneacontakaioctogon! Why didn't someone tell me? Oh, I’ve been making an idiot out of myself!

LakeEarth t1_iuj8xkf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:13 PM

Reply to eli5 What came of Edward Snowden leaking all of that classified intel? by tpb772000

The right-wing nutjobs that screamed "the government was spying on us and recording our phone conversations" had their worst fears confirmed and ... were totally cool with it, apparently.