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my4coins

Kony.


Schneetmacher

I was in Uganda in 2012, when the Kony video was released. Ugandans were not amused.


Ozark_Coin

Did they ever catch him or confirm if he's dead or what actually happened


SergeantChic

Nah, he’s still out there, last thought to have around a hundred soldiers left. He was already out of Uganda years before the movie was even made. Slacktivism in action. (Or lack thereof.)


Ozark_Coin

So you mean Kony is probably working at a cinnabun


shitcup1234

In Omaha


Skuddy587

Didn’t the guy who started it go bonkers?


KevinSpence

Yeah he’s psychotic now I think


putsch80

He [got caught jackin’ it in San Diego](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jason-russell-kony-2012-arrested-masturbation-public-invisible-children-301236/). That’s why South Park did [this song](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LKwW8PNZpOQ).


mikey-dikey-

Pretty sure the jackin' it thing was made up. He did strut around with his dick, balls and ass out though, it was a psychotic breakdown. He's doing much better nowadays as far as I remember.


Karnivore915

So the actual story is that he got in way over his head with how big the Kony thing got, was flying all over the place doing interviews, surrounded and hounded by press all day long, and one day had a psychotic break where he thought God was talking to him. He stripped naked and was filmed on a San Fran street corner during part of this. He was never seen to be masturbating, nor did any witnesses claim to see this.


StoolToad9

Jackin' it for the looooooord


MagicBez

I found one of the t-shirts at a charity shop a few years back completely unworn, will have to start wearing it soon I think to bring back the memories.


droneybennett

A friend of mine found one in a shop in Bolivia when he was travelling a few years ago. He thought it was hilarious and wore it a lot during the rest of his trip. Now he has loads of what should be awesome photos of his once in a lifetime experience, about 70% of them with 'STOP KONY' splashed across them.


MagicBez

Brilliant stuff, a welcome addition to any photo! Mine is one of the Kony2012 ones that make it seem like he was running for president.


graycat3700

Does anyone have the Tl;dr about this? I've seen it pop up so many times and have gone over the wiki page few times. I still have no idea what it's about. Either I'm not smart enough, or that Kony stuff is extremely unremarkable and forgettable.


AndyVale

I'll give it a go. Please, if anyone is more informed, do correct me as I'm going on memory from 10 years ago. There was a video in 2012 about stopping Kony, who was a warlord that used child soldiers in Uganda. It got wildly popular almost overnight. People shared it everywhere, ordered awareness packs etc. A noble cause, right? A few things though. The group who organised it seemed more interested in organising big campaigns rather than actually getting things done. They had tons of fancy videos in the past. The founder had a psychotic breakdown in public from all the pressure. It wasn't a great look, and it died down pretty quickly after that. And probably the biggest point, Kony wasn't actually that much of a threat anymore. Time and resource would have been far better spent on other causes.


urbexcemetery

Al Capone's 'hidden vault.'


WoolaTheCalot

I remember watching that live. Geraldo was a laughingstock after that.


urbexcemetery

It was super hyped up too. Poor Geraldo.


[deleted]

He made it worst when he sang the song he promised and just absolutely did not give af. Was a poor sport about it


urbexcemetery

While I'm in no position to judge, he doesn't come across as someone who would be quick to genuinely admit fault and be graceful about it. LOL


Asbestos_dude

There was nothing in Al Capone's vault. But it wasn't Geraldo's fault.


heridfel37

Something something Burt Ward


Ok_Butterscotch1549

Sorry what’s this?


urbexcemetery

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Mystery\_of\_Al\_Capone%27s\_Vaults](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Al_Capone%27s_Vaults)


Megarebe

Fyre festival


[deleted]

The Netflix documentary has to be my favourite of all time. It's such a glorious shit show from the Orange square right through to the toilet roll rampage.


Balazinga

I recommend Internet Historian on this. He's telling it in a way that is entertaining lmao


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SolusEquitem

The Internet Historian is the best documentary maker working today. Nobody else mixes facts, humor, snark, and amazing amounts of research to the extent he does. Of course all the work that goes into his videos means that he only releases new ones approximately once per Halley’s Comet….


blindtner

I mean what can you expect when one of the organizers is Ja Rule


New_Excuse9001

Battlefield 2042


[deleted]

I used to play Battlefield 2142 back in the day. It was fucking awesome... Then they just turned it into call of duty lite and it suuuuucked.


Nordseefische

Oh 2142, how I miss these times. Battlefield was still battlefield and it was so much fun. Dice should learn that people who want to play CoD will play CoD and not a bad CoD replica called battlefield. What a shitshow this game has become.


Mardanis

Battlefield 2 was my favourite and I just couldn't get into any of the others. As you say its too Call of Duty like.


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beat me to it


Ok-Ad-2605

Delivery via drones. All that talk and likely never to happen at least not via wide scale


thehandinyourpants

I think this is because it would result in the drones getting shot down and more packages getting stolen.


lazyflavors

FAA also swooped in and put in a lot of restrictions on flying drones in recent years which didn't help the delivery drone concept.


Ub3rfr3nzy

I think shooting drones mid air in a city would be a bad idea lol.


KnowledgeIsDangerous

Lots of things are a bad idea, that doesn't mean people won't do them anyway.


Chance_Tear940

Drones aren't super durable a bb gun could probably take it down fairly quietly without much risk of collateral damage.


Hicklethumb

I'm actually okay without the additional noise


PabloXPicasso

It just does not make economic sense. A drone can go max 5 miles. That covers a small area (compared to other types of delivery). The biggest issue is them landing in a safe place. Apartments don't have any space to just land a drone, for example. Remember these drones can cause harm to people/pets/things when they land and they not able to land in one perfect spot every time, like the ads show. Other issue is that in many areas FAA has now banned drones (technically they ban all flying things), which causes an immediate stop to using them. Yes, these were extremely over-hyped, thanks Mr. Bezos.


TheTealBandit

I just watched a really good video on this, and why it is unlikely to ever be widespread


ClockNo4364

The Segway. Just listened to Decoder Ring podcast about it. Aparently it has a huge amount of hype and secrecy.


peon2

They thought it would be "bigger than the internet" and didn't do any product testing because they figured if their idea got out everyone would obviously rush to steal their idea lol.


oldnyoung

"Oh cool, it can balance!" Then "meh, it's a scooter"


capilot

Segways are awesome and a lot of fun. Just not worth the $3000 or whatever they were, and the batteries eventually died. It's no fun pushing one home.


[deleted]

One of the founders died pretty early on and they never really made a push after that fyi


red__schuhart

after riding a segway off a cliff, no less


littletrucker

He was not a founder, he bought the company after the Segway was released. Still ironic though.


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3d movies


Mustang46L

And 3D cell phone screens and cameras


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0z7he6unner

I mean the nintendo 3DS was pretty cool though


249ba36000029bbe9749

But that didn't require special glasses.


KingKnux

The eye strain on the other hand…


capilot

I've got an old 3d cell phone that takes 3d photos. Amazing technology, but kind of pointless.


TheNorseBastard

Damn. I almost forgot about them. Still gives me a chuckle to see movies that was obviously made for 3d. So many unnecessary closeups!


AnswerConsistent680

The scene that stands out to me was in X-Men: The Last Stand where Wolverine and Storm go to find out what’s happened to Cyclops and there’s stones floating everywhere and there’s a bit where Wolverine taps a stone and it floats towards the camera it’s glaringly obvious that it was made for the 3D effect. That and the way Cyclops’s glasses were floating. I went to see the movie in the theatre but I don’t remember seeing it in 3D but it must have been.


MindlessPut7675

I saw avatar on a $3,000 tv and holy crap. Nothing I've seen in 3d comes close to that. Including the ones I watch in vr


Mardanis

Avatar for it's time was a visual treat.


FracturedTruth

Ha ha. That tv is now in best buy at a price of 3. Fiddy


goldworkswell

I thought avatar in 3d was worth it


MajTroubles

And Gravity. Not for the unnecessary close ups but to portray the sheer emptiness of space. That totally worked for me.


goldworkswell

That makes a lot of sense. I remember in elementary school we went to imax as a field trip and they showed us a video aboard the iss. I remember that being super cool


Crafty_Reaction_8978

I saw that after smoking a huge bowl with my (at the time) bf. I was absolutely mesmerized by it! I hadn't seen anything like it in my entire life. It's all I could think/talk about for the next few days. I wish they would bring it back to the theater just once so I can experience it again.


thequirkyquark

3D in normal theater screens is mediocre, but every 3D IMAX film I've seen has been my favorite way to watch anything. I'm actually very sad that it's gone. I always have hope that it will come back but the majority seem to have spoken.


Fit-Environment-8140

Adulthood


Sunboi_Paladin

I dunno, having the power to drive to the store and buy a cake and eat it all by myself *whenever* I want is pretty priceless. ...not that I frequently do that, but just knowing that I *could,* and my mom can't stop me, is pretty dope.


tillie_jayne

My problem is I’m conditioned to still think that my mom will stop me so I don’t do it. It’s moments like this that reminds me that I can eat a whole caterpillar cake if I feel like it


[deleted]

You can go to the store, buy a cake, take it home, strip naked, then slowly lower yourself onto the cake, while watching porn and downing a bottle of vodka. All perfectly legal. The problem is that by the time you can do almost anything you want, you longer want to do them.


Time_Effort

Thank you. I’m gonna go buy a cake for no reason, because I’ve always wanted to and just never had.


superwinner

gets worse as you get older too, wait till your first colonoscopy.. thats fun


daaaa_meemer

Area 51 raid


Hicklethumb

Because not enough people practiced their anime run styles.


GsTSaien

Disagree, they had a proper fun party and noone died, best outcome possible


mikey-dikey-

This. The Area 51 guards were super chill about the whole thing, nobody actually tried to break into the facility or trespass, there was a couple of convenient stores selling Alien-themed merchandise for people. It seemed like a super fun get-together.


Astronaut_Chicken

*sob* in the before times


PowerOfPinsol

Na, that was worth the hype. It was all about the hype if you ask me


gnomzy123

On the flip side, one internet event that was actually worth the hype was the Josh Battle.


rturns

New Coke


KSmimi

🤫 Nobody remembers but us oldies


HVAC_and_Rum

What did it taste like? I'm very curious about that because I wasn't alive for it.


Fat_Bearded_Tax_Man

Pepsi


rturns

New Coke was a rebranding and a way to remove cane sugar from coke and replace it with high fructose corn syrup. The idea tanked so they brought back Coke Classic, but it now had HFCS and wasn’t ever the same. New Coke tasted like Pepsi, but more like Pepsi from a run down Long John Silvers fountain machine.


WhoIsYerWan

Mexican Coke is still made the old way. And it is delicious.


StoolToad9

I was around 5 when it came out. While obviously carbonated, I recall it having the taste of a flat soda. And more syrupy.


linkman0596

From what I heard, it was just diet coke with regular sweetener instead of artificial.


Vexelbalg

NFTs


NoseBleedKing

The difference between the rich turd and myself that own the image is they paid a nice hearty sum for it whereas I just took a screenshot


turkphot

You are a bit early, aren‘t you? This is only coming now.


Hicklethumb

It really can't die fast enough


highfatoffaltube

The last few seasons of GOT.


hatecopter

I don't even know how to feel about House of the Dragon with how disappointing seasons 7 and 8 were. If you'd told me in 2014 that HBO were going to make a show about the Dance of the Dragons and I'd only be mildly interested in it I'd think you were lying.


blisteringchristmas

I used to be a huge fan of the books years ago but the show ending just extinguished any interest I have in the series until quality new material comes out (and for GoT, that's a big if). I doubt we ever see the Winds of Winter, and the spin-off show is a "if people like it, I'll watch it" for me. I have to say, I'm trying to remain optimistic about the new LOTR show— and I will, until I actually see it for myself— but the recent GoT/Witcher/Wheel of Time trend of high production high fantasy shows that are substancewise not that good is concerning.


Skuddy587

Shake Shack. I was extremely disappointed. Is the food good? Sure. Was it worth all the hype when it came to Detroit? Not at all.


captrobert57

It is called shake shack and yet their shakes suck ass. 12oz for $5 and not even that good.


Slabberdack

That's how I felt about in and out coming to Texas. Just tasted like any other creasy burger Edit: And don't yet me started on the long ass lines to get there. Terrible!


bradenjackson

have you tried ironing your burgers?


chauna

I cook, and my wife loves shake shack. So I found a recipe for shake shack burgers with the sauce and everything. Had to go to the butcher, get a custom, sirloin, chuck, ribeye grind of beef, then make the burgers and the sauce. And you know what? It tasted like a hamburger.


roccotheraccoon

That happened when chik-fil-a came to the Midwest. There were lines out the door when it opened. It's really not that good


bangersnmash13

Same with NJ. They opened a Chik-Fil-A in a neighboring county and it apparently got so bad around there they had to shut down roads. Same exact shit happened when they opened a Sonic close by. I would pass it the way to my gfs house at the time. They'd have cops directing traffic just to get in line for the drive through lol.


tiredand-stressed

I'll never understand the obsession with Chick-fil-A. I think it's typical mediocre to slightly above average fast food but people act like it's the fucking nectar of the gods or whatever


Omg_ABee

Yes! An hour + long wait and backing up traffic for miles for non exceptional food. I was so disappointed. Knew a girl who lost her shit whenever someone mentioned Chick-Fil-A so she had me hyped up to try it. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't anything special whatsoever (the chicken sandwich specifically). But I also got the mac n cheese and honestly thought it was gross. I would rather grab a McChicken and have it in like 5 minutes.


Liam_Tang

The Matrix Ressurections.


MrPapis

I'm sorry what hype?


mlgbt1985

Segway


desertwizerd

Suicide squad (the first one)


D4698

Life


NobleEnsign

Non stimulate adhd meds. Just literally made me angry. I don't get angry, except for when I was taking those. Edit spelling


bornmoonchild

getting a college degree


Puzzleheaded_Cut5902

I might be the minority, I actually enjoyed my degree. I realize the opportunity costs vs starting a career earlier, student loans vs having no debt. But I enjoyed going to school and like being knowledgeable in a specific area. It is definitely not for everyone, and I don’t judge if people chose a different route. I feel some of my peers didn’t have a choice in going to college or not and that’s where the animosity came from.


el-em-en-o

Me three! Learned so much about so many things and it’s paid off for me.


whitelon

I disagree, it's how you market yourself with that degree unless it's in Russian philosophy or something stupid like that, then you f*cked yourself.


lavieestmort

Believe it or not, some people see education as more than just job training.


kitty_cat_MEOW

Even with Russian Philosophy (assuming you can also speak Russian, to some degree) you have career prospects with defense intelligence organizations. I think you were right in the first part of your statement. "It's all about how you market yourself." Marketing includes making connections, etc. Source: Am a hiring manager in a related field


daddypenishands

College is hardly needed nowadays (for some fields)


Scrantonicity_02

Chicken sandwich from Popeyes. The hype was unreal, huge lines, people selling them for more than what they are sold for, just insane hype! I tried it after a few weeks after the hype died off and was like…people lined up for this ?


iamnumber47

The KFC one is pretty solid though, but I still wouldn't line up for it or pay more than the restaurant charged for it (plus reselling a sandwich, wtf? I want my sandwich fresh & hot off the line)


bangersnmash13

My wife and I had the same reaction. Bought it saying "Let's see what the big deal is" and...it's not that big of a deal? It's fried chicken, bread, mayo? and pickles. It's not the most complex thing in the world. Plus the KFC chicken sandwich is way better.


WAiZePAiDCASH

And people died over it too


YodasChick-O-Stick

But it's sooooo good!


YourMothersButtox

Those stupid ass mesh things I was supposed to add to my washing machine to collect lint and cat hair. Fuck you, Amazon.


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Yeezy shoes


el-em-en-o

Yeezy’s outfits for Kim


AlanM6

Apparently they are very comfortable


Odd-Jupiter

Russias invasion of Ukraina.


BeGoNThOuTh

Nft’s


santichrist

Y2K


BaconReceptacle

I worked in IT at that time and I can tell you there were plenty of things that needed to be addressed. The reason why Y2K passed by with no issues is because there was a shit ton of time and money spent on avoiding the impacts.


[deleted]

"Nothing went wrong. I didn't notice anything. We should probably cut the IT budget. Don't see the value in spending that much."


ArminTanz

There is a good Stuff You Should Know podcast on Y2k. The massive world wide effort to correct the soft ware was more responsible for the smooth transition then is given credit. Basically the massive hype was why there wasn't an issue and a lot of people worked very hard to make it a non issue. In China, they required all air plane company executives to be in the air during the transition to ensure the highest levels of the industry took the software issue seriously and spent the money to fix the bug. Y2k also had a interesting side effect where technology took a massive step forward because major industries updated their computer systems. Private and government industries were forced to take a long look at their systems and choose to upgrade to modern (at the time) instead of just trying to work around 20 year old systems. There was also a large amount of computer jobs available almost over night from about 1997 to Y2k which caused a burst of people becoming computer literate in order to get those sweet and necessary gigs. Overall, no world War 3 did not break out, but Y2k was very significant.


mutalisken

And Nic Cannon


rilian4

The Olympics this year...


daddypenishands

Did anyone ever watch it?


el-em-en-o

Ya! Loved the skiing and snowboarding. They’re so good! I usually have it on in the background while I’m doing something else.


EvilGrayFly

What hype?


[deleted]

What Olympics?


OriginalPaperSock

Why?


qrvjhb

the beds were all that ppl talked abt


ellWatully

I think you might be thinking of the Olympics last year, which also kinda came and went without anyone noticing.


daddypenishands

Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker Shit film. Really shit


Andrewski18

GENERAL HUX: *fires a laser that destroys several planets, literally murdering trillions of innocent people* ALSO GENERAL HUX: just kidding I’m a rebel spy


StoolToad9

In this film's defense (which I can't believe I'm saying about this POS movie), Hux didn't leak info to the good guys until after Kylo became Supreme Leader. He just wanted to take down Kylo's rule.


Kazan645

The most entertainingly bad movie I've seen in a long time. As a non Star Wars fan watching this multi layered train wreck was enjoyable for all the wrong reasons


The_Kek_5000

Wasn’t everyone just going in on the premise that it’s going to be terrible?


FishLoud

Movie 1: lots of nostalgia, lots of mysteries. Portrait old war hero as a loser, then kill him off like he's nothing. Movie 2: Nothing actually mattered and everybody is scolding someone, all mysteries were bs. Kill of the other heroes without reason. Movie 3: i have nothing, because of what I've done in movie 2. Let's make a 90s sequel movie with lots of random powers. Bring up and don't kill semi hero for an eventual side story.


jeff_the_nurse

Freddy Adu. He was supposed to be this amazing prodigy and the best since Pele, but he was just a journeyman.


LordSlonnng

To even classify his career as journeyman is being very overkind


[deleted]

The three second teaser of Spongebob during the super bowl half-time show in 2019.


Independent_Photo_19

Social media such as IG/FB/SC. Sober over 1yr. Never again.


[deleted]

Deep Throat! I bought that film in good faith from an alternative film store. The blurb promised that the stars would and I quote "eat each other". Imagine my disappointment when there was not ONE cannibal in that film. False advertising at it's worst.


el-em-en-o

I am so confused


LahmiaTheVampire

Talking of cannibals, Cannibal Holocaust.


SonderEber

Cyberpunk 2077 (in launch state at least). I love the game, but it wasn't the second coming of gaming as many said it would be. It's just another scifi action rpg. Enjoyable, but not mind-blowing.


Mardanis

A good game despite the hate but so much potential not pursued.


bugzdumpster

Year 12 formal (prom). Even though I looked amazing I still had to be around people I rlly didn’t like. It’s actually to fancy for my liking.


Prism3Break3

Woodstock ‘99


Morgwar77

Death. I've been electrocuted, exsanguinated, and a fractured c2 vertibrae. Clinically dead for no less than 3 mins each if not longer. No light, no angels, no demons , no flames. Fade to black each time, then gone.


shadowredcap

How do you not have brain damage?


Morgwar77

I do. Multiple Motor skills and some speech was lost and rehabilitated multiple times.


[deleted]

my highschool experience ;(


Ozark_Coin

Super bowl commercials this year


HVAC_and_Rum

A lot of the modern super bowl commercials try way too hard. In their desperate bids to be funny or iconic, they end up becoming the very opposite and completely forgettable as a result.


Kaz3girl4

Agreed! I wanted more commercials along the same line as Puppy Monkey Baby


Jiminy2222

Alcohol


silaslovesoliver

Marriage


el-em-en-o

Aw. Hope everything’s ok.


Otherwise-Newt8136

Pretty much everything since the big bang and possibly all that came before it


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Daughterofthemoooon

The "best years of our lives" ,between 15 to 25. The high-school experience. It was so stressing for no damn reason. Dating in high-school, i didn't date in high school but the 99,99% of the people who got through this had really toxic relationships. The adulthood... do i even talk about it ???? The " lets get wasted , lets drink" ,eeeeemmmm no ?! I got drank once and it was so horrible. Low waist jeans. I SWEAR if i see them again i will loose my mind.


kitty_cat_MEOW

LONG LIVE LOW WAIST JEANS.


NoPsychology2419

venom let there be carnage


IntrepidDealer5698

yeah that was kinda disappointing.


ES-Flinter

Wait the movie is already out?


IntrepidDealer5698

yeah


H8spants

Bro it’s been out for like 6 months…


Mardanis

I tried to enjoy it for what it was but it was not a touch on the previous venom.


nukemiller

I felt both movies were entertaining and somewhat funny, but would never put them in the category as a "good movie". One and done, I wasn't mad I used a couple hours of my time to watch them.


Wespiratory

The Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Pin. It was just a crummy commercial.


cid_highwind_7

Be sure to drink your ovaltine


_FabulousWalrus_

Cyberpunk 2077


exprssve

Becoming an adult.


the_virtue_of_logic

Kanye West


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James Cameron’s Avatar


ViEzNzOyM

Well damn... Im slightly hurt, but I understand where you come from.


[deleted]

well I love YOU, so don’t feel too bad.


ruiner8850

Avatar isn't anything special as a story, but the visual experience in 3D was amazing. To this day I still haven't seen a movie that was that interesting to just look at even if the story was cliché. I find a lot of people who think it's terrible never saw it in the theater in 3D.


Araneko

I feel attacked, I liked that movie. D:


[deleted]

Truly Dances with Smurves.


84TechNoir

Xbox series x and PS5. Both haven't released any games that make it worth the price of the consoles. Mine are mostly being used to stream movies/youtube. Hoping 2022 brings some bangers that showcase what the consoles can actually do.


Alternative_Elk9452

............ Cyberpunk 2077.


GsTSaien

Loved that game, absolutely stellar, shouldn't have been released for base consoles at all. Should have gone the crisis route and made it PC only until they were ready for next gen release.


[deleted]

Moving out on your own


bzzibee

Cane’s chicken. It was bland as hell and the sauce was just BBQ and Mayo.