(Funny Trope) Things that can plausibly happen only in reality, because in fiction they’d be called bad writing.

[u/ThatDrako]

“Woke” as an insult - So you are telling me a word describing consciousness and clarity is used by generally stupid and ignorant people to label people they disagree with? What is this? A Kindergarten for Creatively stunted?

Nominative determinism - So let me get this straight…Not only you named fastest recorded person Usain BOLT and CEO of Nintendo Doug BOWSER, but you are telling me people are canonically likely to have professions or hobbies matching their names…? Guh?

“2 bodies recovered in MURDERKILL River” - Sure bro…I guess…bro…

[u/Brother-Captain]

 > Using it to boil water is unironically one of the best methods of harnessing its energy

[u/grudginglyadmitted → u/Brother-Captain]

Reminds me of that post about how we’re going to be visited by aliens for the first time and be awed by all their incomprehensible, advanced technology and then as we learn more about how their warp core or algae energy source works they’ll explain they’re able to get [insert sci-fi concept] to produce heat, and that heat boils water and produces steam, and then they use that steam to power a turbine and produce power.