iluomo
iluomo t1_j62pcxe wrote
Reply to TIL John Byner was originally cast as Mork from Ork on Happy Days, but found the premise ridiculous and quit days before filming, leading Robin Williams to be called in last minute by LoneRangersBand
I didn't know that Happy Days was supposed to have Mork from Ork as a character on the show.
iluomo t1_ix4c4wk wrote
Reply to is it ignorant for me to constantly have the singularity in my mind when discussing the future/issues of the future? by blxoom
Hope is a good thing. That said, I would imagine people's reaction to you talking about the singularity is that you're giving people an excuse to not do anything to improve things NOW, because there will be this deus ex machina event in our future that we can rely on that will fix everything.
There is also the thought that things will get worse so quickly as to logistically prevent technology from moving fast enough to affect things like the environment positively in our lifetime.
iluomo t1_j6729o8 wrote
Reply to comment by tvieno in TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety
Yeah, a lot of foreign accents exist because the people that learned foreign languages never formed the ability to produce certain vocal sounds because they are not relevant to their native tongue. Therefore, if you happen to lose the ability to produce a particular sound that is relevant to your own language, you'll sound foreign.